Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Contach
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 9, 1999No. 97-P-413PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
On October 11, 1996, a District Court judge sitting in Greenfield adjudicated the defendant, Krista Contach, to be in criminal contempt and summarily punished her for what he considered to be her contemptuous conduct. The defendant appealed.
The undisputed facts are as follows. On October 11, 1996, the defendant filed a complaint in the Greenfield District Court, pursuant to G. L. c. 209A, requesting protection from abuse from her boyfriend, Brian Cornwell. She requested that the court issue an order against him, restraining him from, among other things, abusing her “by harming, threatening or…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Sacher v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Eaton v. City of TulsaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Commonwealth v. GordonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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