Court Opinion

ID: 9560418
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 17:48:48.24574+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:12:54.517506
License: Public Domain

Judge Greene
concurring in the result.
I agree with the two reasons given by the majority that the order of the trial court finding the defendant in civil contempt must be reversed: (1) there is no failure by the defendant to comply with a court order directed to him, and (2) compensatory damages are not properly within the scope of a contempt proceeding. Because either of these holdings requires we reverse the order of the trial court, I have not considered the questions of whether the compensatory damage rule represents good law or whether the defendant’s conduct constitutes criminal contempt of court. I therefore express no opinion on these additional issues addressed by the majority.