In re Board of Education of Lakeland Central School District of Shrub Oak

In a proceeding pursuant to section 751 of the Judiciary Law to punish the defendants-appellants for criminal contempt of court, the appeal is from an order and judgment (one paper) of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, entered October 28, 1977, which, after a hearing, (1) adjudged certain of the appellants guilty of criminal contempt of court in that they willfully failed to obey prior orders of the same court, dated September 7, 1977 and September 16, 1977, respectively, (2) fined the appellant union the sum of $75,000, plus the additional sum of $2,500 per day, computed from the date…