Legal Opinion
Hae Mook Chung v. Maxam Properties, LLC
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 26, 2008PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Jane S. Solomon, J), entered April 20, 2007, insofar as it found defendants guilty of criminal and civil contempt, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, and plaintiffs application to hold defendants in contempt denied.
The injunction that defendants allegedly disobeyed was not clear and unequivocal enough to warrant a contempt finding (see e.g. Gerelli Ins. Agency, Inc. v Gerelli, 23 AD3d 341 [2005]; Howard S. Tierney, Inc. v James, 269 App Div 348, 354-355 [1945]). “At best, the order . . . was ambiguous” (Lubitz v Mehlman, 187…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Richards v. Estate of KaskelAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Weitzner v. Division of Housing & Community RenewalNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- Howard S. Tierney, Inc. v. JamesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1945
- In re MirmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
- Gerelli Insurance Agency, Inc. v. GerelliAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
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