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Petition of the day

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The petition of the day is:

13-56

Issue: (1) Whether as the Third, Seventh, and Eleventh Circuits hold a district court possesses authority to prevent circumvention of its orders by imposing sanctions on conduct that violates the understood purpose of an injunction, but not its explicit terms, or whether as the First, Second, Fifth, and Tenth Circuits hold the four corners of an injunctions text limit a district courts civil contempt authority; (2) whether as the First, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits hold a court of appeals should accord deference to a district courts construction of its own orders, or whether as the Second, Fifth, District of Columbia, and Federal Circuits hold an appellate court reviews that construction de novo.

Cases: Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC v. Jewell

Recommended Citation: Mary Pat Dwyer, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Dec. 4, 2013, 12:00 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2013/12/petition-of-the-day-524/