Legal Opinion
General Motors Corp. v. Miller Buick, Inc.
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 10, 1983No. 912, September Term, 1983PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILNER, Judge.
On August 11, 1983, the Circuit Court for Montgomery County declared appellant, General Motors Corporation (GM), to be in contempt of court by reason of its having violated an interlocutory injunction issued by the court on July 8, 1982. The company was fined $1,000 a day, commencing August 5, 1983, for each day that the violation continued.
Aggrieved by the court’s action, GM has brought this appeal, arguing that the contempt order was improper in that the injunction had previously expired by operation of law. In the circumstances of this case, we think that the argument is…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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