Legal Opinion
Department of Housing Preservation & Development v. Gottlieb
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided July 23, 1987PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Lewis R. Friedman, J.
These cases present the same question, which has not been definitively answered in the reported cases: may a party move for summary judgment to impose criminal and civil contempt penalties for disobedience of a court order. In both cases the court issued orders requiring the respondents to remove certain violations of the Housing Maintenance Code. Thereafter, petitioner commenced civil and criminal contempt proceedings. Petitioner, relying primarily on inspection reports which *372show that the violations remained, made motions in each case for summary…
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