Sentence examples for brought a contempt from inspiring English sources

Next door, in Dallas County, a judge brought a contempt of court charge against the district attorney, Craig Watkins, who declined to testify at a hearing on prosecutorial misconduct.

Last year the city's housing agency sued the owner, Highbridge Apartments LLC, in Bronx Housing Court, and the agency later brought a contempt case against it after a reinspection.

A continued failure to abide by undertakings may result in trading standards bringing a contempt of court case against Hallisey.

But if the city failed to keep the agreement, the federal government's recourse would be to sue for breach of contract, experts said, instead of bringing a contempt motion in federal court.

Nonetheless, whether the U.S. Attorney is legally required to bring a congressional contempt citation before a federal grand jury, particularly in the wake of an assertion of executive privilege, is a subject of dispute.

Accident Exchange, which brought a private prosecution for contempt, estimated that 30,000 cases were affected by the defendants signing false statements of truth after making rates reports.

Meanwhile, Bennett warned her that Fitzgerald could keep her in jail longer by impanelling a new grand jury, or by bringing a criminal-contempt action.

Cooper has unquestionably brought a large part of that contempt upon himself by kneeing All Blacks captain Richie McCaw in the head in a Tri-Nations match before the 2011 World Cup (Cooper claimed contact was accidental and was cited but later cleared over the incident).

The S.E.C. said in a court filing Monday that it had not brought any contempt charges against large financial firms in the last 10 years.

Why then, Judge Rakoff asked, had the commission not brought any contempt charges against large financial firms in the past 10 years?

Mankiewicz, in a final gesture of contempt for the charge, brought an inventory of his library and tossed it to the R.K.O.