Sentence examples for contempt cases from inspiring English sources

The question in the case argued Wednesday, Turner v. Rogers, No. 10-10, whetherther court-appointed lawyers are required in civil contempt cases as a matter of the due process protections of the federal Constitution.

It now stands for the lower court to do what the Supreme Court would not do: review its earlier decisions and dismiss the contempt cases against two reporters for failing to disclose their sources.

At the recently concluded Karachi Literature Festival, the New York Times reporter Declan Walsh spoke with admirable restraint about the lightning-fast rotations of the news cycle in Pakistan and the difficulty of finding time and space to write about other things than rumored coups and contempt cases against the prime minister, disappearances and political scandals.

Committee Democrats have compiled a list of constitutional experts who say the contempt case is weak.

The contempt case was heard by three judges, including the lord chief justice.

The order moves the six-term sheriff's contempt case from civil court to criminal court.

The trial in the contempt case against Ms. Hartmann is expected to begin in January.

Separately on Tuesday, the nation's Supreme Court delayed the hearing of a contempt case against Mr. Gilani until March 7, according to a lawyer representing the prime minister.

Judge Johnson is hearing the criminal contempt case without a jury because the Justice Department has promised not to seek a term of more than six months in prison.

Moreover, the lawyers argued, guilt can only be established in a criminal contempt case by actions that amounted to "a public wrong against the court," not against others.

Misconduct that also violates an injunction previously imposed on a company in a securities case could authorize the S.E.C. to pursue either a civil or criminal contempt case, but these are also of limited utility.