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TOWN OF OGUNQUIT v. YOUNG

544 A.2d 1288 (1988)

TOWN OF OGUNQUIT v. Mark YOUNG et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce M. Read (orally), Kearns, Shepard & Read, Kennebunkport, for plaintiff.

Thomas E. Geyer (orally), Francis P. Daughan, Daughan, Kimmel, Geyer & Beach, Wells, for defendants.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, SCOLNIK, CLIFFORD and HORNBY, JJ.

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

This appeal presents the question whether a judgment of contempt with a sentence of a fine and a determinate period of incarceration for past violations of a permanent injunction is a judgment for criminal or civil contempt. We conclude that it is a criminal contempt judgment and thus subject to the requirements of M.R. Crim.P. 42(b).

On August 26, 1987, the Superior Court issued an order permanently enjoining Mark Young

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