The court has yet to rule on whether the ambassador is in contempt of court.
It was the first time that a Canadian government had been found in contempt of parliament.
They hated the way he testified at their hearings, and insisted he was in contempt of Congress.
In June Mr Holder became the first sitting attorney general to be held in contempt of Congress.
The judge will deliver his verdict on whether Mr Bennett is in contempt of court at a later date.
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The appellate court hearing the new case could declare her in contempt of court but that carries no additional penalties.
Held in contempt of court, he then went back to prison, for three stretches that together lasted more than a year.
If the messages were not handed over on 14 September, Twitter would have been in contempt of court and faced substantial fines.
And he said in the aftermath of the Conservatives being found in contempt of parliament, the main issues were still trust and accountability.
"Holding the nation's top law-enforcement officer in contempt of Congress would be a drastic, disproportionate action on the part of this body, " she wrote.
The opposition said Mr Harper's government was in contempt of parliament for failing to provide the estimated costs for a number of spending programmes.
In June, a US House of Representatives committee found Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for withholding documents related to the operation.
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Nor are they naming or linking to the Twitter account, likely for fear of being found in contempt of court if the celebs do have super injunctions.
In that case, Italian law cannot compel Knox to return to Italy, although a court could declare her in contempt of court, which carries no additional penalties.
In July, Dublin High Court ruled that Sean Quinn, his son Sean Quinn Jr and his nephew, Peter Darragh Quinn, were in contempt of that court order.
By December, the offshore ban was largely reinstated, so that in February 2011 a federal judge found the Department of Interior in contempt of court for its foot-dragging.
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In July, Dublin High Court ruled that Sean Quinn Sr, his son Sean Quinn Jr and his nephew, Peter Darragh Quinn, were in contempt of that court order.
Mr Parton's lawyer says he handed the documents over to Mr Hyde's committee because he would otherwise have been in contempt of Congress by defying a congressional subpoena.
In October he was handed a 12-month jail term by a judge who found him in contempt of a High Court order instructing him to disclose Atiya's whereabouts.
The move would mirror a similar walkout by House Republicans in 2008, when Democrats, who then controlled the House, voted to hold two top Bush Administration officials in contempt of Congress.
The Wales internationals will report to their Vale of Glamorgan HQ on Monday after Lewis threatened the regions they "would be in contempt of court" if they attempted to hold back their stars.
Justifiably outraged, Jonesfilm moved to hold Hoffman and Seven Arts Pictures in contempt of court for failing to comply with the charging orders (which would have intercepted distributions to Hoffman and Seven Arts Pictures).
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Taking a page out of his mentor Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez's playbook, Zelaya acted in contempt of his country's democratic institutions to move forward with his plan to empower himself to serve another term in office.
However, Burton, Reno and Freeh all appear to be downplaying the possibility of a showdown, despite a threat from some GOP members to hold Reno and Freeh in contempt of Congress if the memo is not supplied.
Washington (CNN) -- The top Republican on the House Oversight Committee is moving to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for failing to cooperate in the panel's investigation of the controversial "Operation Fast and Furious" weapons sting.
"Holding someone in contempt of Congress is one of the most serious and formal actions our committee can take, and it should not be used as a political tool to generate press as part of an election-year witch hunt against the Obama administration, " Cummings wrote.
So as Iran -- an NPT signatory -- makes a mockery of the treaty by building nuclear weapons in contempt of its treaty obligations, the US has actively supported Iran's bid to use the NPT review conference as yet another UN forum for bashing Israel.
On the other hand, they will not give the slightest consideration to the fact that Iran is about to become a nuclear power, in contempt of its international obligations, and so is poised to become the gravest threat to international security in the past 25 years.
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This has occurred despite the fact that U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman held that the administration had been in contempt of court for trying to reinstate it after he had already issued an injunction on grounds that such actions were too broad in scope and unjustified based upon available evidence.
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