Town Board of Town of Southampton v. R.K.B. Realty, LLC
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*629“To sustain a finding of either civil or criminal contempt based on an alleged violation of a court order it is necessary to establish that a lawful order of the court clearly expressing an unequivocal mandate was in effect,” that “the order has been disobeyed,” and that the charged party “had knowledge of the court’s order” (Matter of Department of Envtl. Protection of City of N.Y. v Department of Envtl. Conservation of State of N.Y., 70 NY2d 233, 240 [1987]; see Town of Copake v 13 Lackawanna Props., LLC, 73 AD3d 1308, 1309 [2010]). The same act may be punishable as both a criminal and…
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