Bargiel v. Colt Studio, Inc.

Petitioner Christopher Bargiel filed this emergency petition for extraordinary writ challenging his incarceration in Broward County Jail for post-judgment civil contempt of court. We treated the petition as one for habeas corpus and granted it by order, stating that an opinion would follow.

Briefly stated, petitioner Bargiel is president and sole stockholder of Bargieleer Corporation, defendant in a lawsuit brought in Broward Circuit Court in 2004 by respondent Colt Studio, Inc. Colt Studio sought enforcement of a federal court judgment entered against Bargieleer Corporation for copyright…