West Disinfecting Co. v. Koppelman

It is the law of this State that a proceeding for contempt for violating an injunction is a civil or remedial proceeding, and that “the case is, from its inception to its conclusion, in all of its procedure, essentially a civil chancery proceeding, conforming itself, in its pleadings, character and quantity of proof required, and in its course through the Appellate tribunals, to the rules and practice applicable "to other chancery proceedings.” (Hake v. People, 230 Ill. 174, 193.) “A proceeding for contempt in violating an injunction is for the purpose of advancing the remedy of the…