Letter to the Editor
Jun. 23, 2015
Letter to the editor: Column on contempt needs a couple fixes
The column on contempt actions did a good job of highlighting the complexities in contempt proceedings, but it at times fell prey to those same complexities. By Hirbod Rashidi
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN
The guest column on contempt actions, "Contempt proceedings a powerful enforcement tool" (June 15), did a good job of highlighting the complexities in contempt proceedings. However, in its discussions of civil versus criminal contempt, it at times fell prey to those same complexities. For example, they write that "[c]ivil contempt results in a forward-looking punishment meant to coerc...
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