Legal Opinion
Berman v. Berman
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 14, 1953No. 11606_1PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER. CURIAM.
On May 2, 1952, the District Court entered final judgment in a wife’s suit for separate support. Besides ordering appellant to pay his wife, the ’ appellee, $100 a week as maintenance, it ordered him to pay her attorney $500 for counsel fees.
The order here on appeal was entered November 10, 1952. It adjudged appellant in contempt for failing to obey the order of May 2, and ordered him committed to jail for 30 days “or until such earlier time as he shall purge himself of his contempt by paying to the plaintiff or her attorney of record the sum of $2975 or until further order of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bates v. ColpoysCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
- Boardman v. CareyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1933
3Cited by4 opinions
- Thunberg v. ThunbergDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- Crawford v. CrawfordDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1961
- O'Mara v. O'MaraDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1968
- Edmonds v. EdmondsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1965