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: Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation BlogThe Strange World of Civil Contempt
By Francis G. X. Pileggi, Esq.
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog has a post here about the bizarre world of civil contempt, and in particular refers to the sad tale of a former lawyer imprisoned just over the Delaware state line in Pennsylvania for the last 14 years due to a "civil contempt" finding.
Full post as published by Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog on January 14, 2009 (boomark / email).
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