In Appellate Reversal, Individuals Can Enforce Family Court Contempt But Only In U.S.' Name - The B

"Joan Meier, executive director of the Washington-based Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project, applauded the opinion. Meier, also a law professor at George Washington University Law School, filed an amicus brief in the case on behalf of five victims' rights groups."

In Appellate Reversal, Individuals Can Enforce Family Court Contempt But Only In U.S.' Name - The B

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Updated at 4:59 p.m. Ruling in a closely-watched local domestic violence case that landed before the Supreme Court last spring, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals has found that criminal contempt actions in domestic violence and other intrafamily cases...