Lovejoy Specialty Hospital, Inc. v. Advocates for Life, Inc.

Defendants appeal from a pendente lite civil contempt order. Under the order, they were incarcerated, and their release was contingent on their promise to obey an injunction. We affirm.

In July, 1989, plaintiff filed a civil action against defendants for engaging in anti-abortion demonstrations and blockades at plaintiffs medical clinic. Plaintiff seeks damages and a permanent injunction to restrain defendants from future acts of nuisance and trespass. On August 14, 1989, the trial court issued a preliminary injunction that prohibited defendants from, among other things, demonstrating in a…