Ordered that order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and that branch of the plaintiffs' motion which was to hold the defendants in civil contempt is denied.
"In order to prevail on a motion to punish a party for civil contempt, the movant must demonstrate that the party charged violated a clear and unequivocal court order, thereby prejudicing a right of another party to the litigation" (Goldsmith v Goldsmith,...
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