In re Kahn
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York; George C. Holt, Judge. In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of Louis J. Kahn and William J. Kahn, alleged bankrupts. The order adjudged Louis J. Kahn guilty of contempt' of court in having -willfully and deliberately neglected to give proper testimony on behalf of the receiver, and particularly for giving the testimony set forth in the petition, and further ordered: \ “Second.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York; George C. Holt, Judge. In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of Louis J. Kahn and William J. Kahn, alleged bankrupts. The order adjudged Louis J. Kahn guilty of contempt' of court in having -willfully and deliberately neglected to give proper testimony on behalf of the receiver, and particularly for giving the testimony set forth in the petition, and further ordered: \ “Second. That the said Louis J. ICahn be committed for the contempt aforesaid and be imprisoned in Ludlow Street Jail for the period…
1Opinion of the Court
NOYES, Circuit Judge.
[1] The recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Gompers v. Buck Stove Co., 221 U. S. 418, 31 Sup. Ct. 492, 55 L. Ed. 797, 34 L. R. A. (N. S.) 874, lays down the rules which must be followed by the federal courts in administering the law of contempt. In that decision it is said that the character and purpose of the punishment distinguish civil and criminal contempts. The punishment for a civil contempt is remedial and for the benefit of the complainant in the contempt proceedings. The punishment for a criminal contempt is punitive — to vindicate the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
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