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Revision as of 03:53, September 5, 2015
Civil contempt is a ruling of contempt in connection with a civil court proceeding, as opposed to a criminal one. As held by the U.S. Supreme Court:
| “ | civil sanctions, or those penalties designed to compel future compliance with a court order, are considered to be coercive and avoidable through obedience, and thus may be imposed in an ordinary civil proceeding upon notice and an opportunity to be heard. Neither a jury trial nor proof beyond a reasonable doubt is required. | ” |
Int'l Union v. Bagwell, 114 S. Ct. 2552, 2557 (1994).
In September 2015, Kim Davis was held in civil contempt by a federal district court in Kentucky for declining to authorize homosexual marriage licenses.