Legal Opinion
Bank Leumi Trust Co. v. Taylor-Cishahayo
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided May 11, 1990PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Robert Charles Kohm, J.
This motion was brought by plaintiff to punish the defendant for contempt of court for failure to comply with an information subpoena.
The court’s power to punish for contempt has its origins in *686the courts of Chancery (Geery v Geery, 63 NY 252; Brockway v Copp, 2 Paige Ch 578). This power was codified by 1802, when a statute authorized the Chancellor to enforce decrees by body execution (1 Burril, Supreme Court Practice, at 285, 316 [2d ed 1846]). These provisions were subsequently incorporated without substantial change in the Field Code (§285),…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Juidice v. VailSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Department of Environmental Protection v. Department of Environmental ConservationNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- Matter of Spector v. AllenNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
- Ketchum v. . EdwardsNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- People, Ex Rel. v. . Court of Oyer and TermNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In re Dawn P.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- Lada v. LadaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995