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LINK v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 93-CV-580.

650 A.2d 929 (1994)

Sheila P. LINK, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 1, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula D. Scott, Washington, DC, for appellant.

James C. McKay, Jr., Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Vanessa Ruiz, Acting Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY and SCHWELB, Associate Judges, and NEWMAN, Senior Judge.

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

This appeal presents two questions regarding the remedial authority of a trial judge who has held a litigant in civil contempt of court. We must first decide whether the judge may require the contemnor to pay the aggrieved party's counsel fees in the absence of a finding that the contemptuous conduct was willful. If the judge has the authority to make an award of counsel fees under such circumstances, then we must also decide whether he may...

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