Sentence examples for in a contempt from inspiring English sources

The papers filed today, which summarized arguments in a contempt trial held last month, were requested by District Judge Norma Holloway Johnson.

A Congressional investigation into the matter — another news event that has received careful attention on Fox — resulted in a contempt vote in the House of Representatives against Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. Fox News was the only cable news network early on to carry proceedings from the contempt hearings live.

The receiver alleges in a contempt motion filed last week that Man was not helpful in shedding light on the activities of a senior employee at its futures brokerage, Man Financial, who might have helped PAAM to hide some $175m in losses.

So why would Mr. Falcone negotiate to keep this type of order out of the settlement, given the general perception that these injunctions are more for show than a real threat of future enforcement, and perhaps even unenforceable in a contempt proceeding?

"Unfortunately, the history of this family, and yes, I'll use the word, this cult, is severe and replete with situations in which children were put in harm's way," said Judge Kenneth P. Nasif of Attleboro Juvenile Court in a contempt order against the Corneaus on Jan . 17for refusing to turn over the child.

Their crime was to be representing Mr Wickrematunge's newspaper, the Sunday Leader, in a contempt-of-court case related to two libel suits filed by the defence secretary and president's brother, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.

She will have to manage those files while suffering the slings and arrows of Washington politics, which for her predecessor, Eric Holder, entailed years of acrimonious congressional hearings and culminated in a contempt-of-Congress finding.

In connection with charge of operating an unsafe building, Bruce spent eight days in jail in 1995 on a contempt of court citation.

The commission said that Judge Littlejohn acknowledged violating the rights of the lawyer, Danny Lampley, in October with a contempt of court order.

You will need it if you end up in court for a contempt hearing.

May stunned delegates at the federation's conference as she criticised officers for, in some instances, displaying a "contempt for the public" in their handling of sensitive cases.