Legal Opinion
Von Hake v. Thomas
Utah Supreme Court
Decided July 5, 1988No. 19951PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ZIMMERMAN, Justice:
Appellant Harry Edward Thomas challenges an order of commitment for contempt entered during supplemental proceedings in the Sixth Judicial District Court. Judge Don V. Tibbs found Thomas in contempt for failing to comply with court orders requiring Thomas to appear at a show-cause hearing and to produce certain documents. We affirm the finding of contempt, but only on the basis of Thomas’s failure to appear.
A detailed review of the conduct leading to the contempt order is warranted. In March of 1982, appellee Richard A. Von Hake obtained a judgment for fraud against Thomas…
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