Legal Opinion

In re the Arbitration between Pastificio DiPonte San Giovanni S.p.A. & Andre & Cie, S. A.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 18, 1979PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

— Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County, entered April 11, 1979, awarding petitioner $13,330.46, as damages for contempt, is unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, with costs to respondent-appellant Andre & Cie, S. A., and the motion of said petitioner to punish said respondent-appellant for contempt is denied. "As punishment for contempt involves, or may involve, not only loss of property but liberty, *562it is a reasonable requirement that the mandate alleged to be violated should be clearly expressed, and when applied to the act complained of it should appear,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Ketchum v. . EdwardsNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
  2. Benson Realty Corp. v. WalshAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
  3. Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis Inc. v. Pioneer Warehouse Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Mahopac Teachers Ass'n v. Board of Education of Mahopac Central School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988

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