Taggart v. Lorenzen

Decided June 3, 2019. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 18-489 · 587 U.S. 554 · Cited 478 times

A creditor may be held in civil contempt for violating a bankruptcy court’s discharge order if there is no fair ground of doubt as to whether the order barred the creditor’s conduct.

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