MARIN COUNTY COURTS
DATE:05/23/97
TIME: 9:00 A.M.
DEPT NO: I
CASE NO: 157680
PRESENT: HON. GARY W. THOMAS, JUDGE
| REPORTER: ELAINE PASSARIS | CLERK: LOUISE MORRIS | |
PLAINTIFF: CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL vs. DEFENDANT:GERALD ARMSTRONG, ET AL |
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[Handwritten:] No appearance by/for defendant |
NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS: OSC RE: CONTEMPT
RULING
| THE COURT FINDS: | 1) VALID COURT ORDER 2) ARMSTRONG HAD ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE OF ORDER WHEN HE VIOLATED IT. 3) ARMSTRONG HAD ABILITY TO COMPLY WITH THE COURT ORDER. 4) ARMSTRONG WILFULLY DISOBEYED THE ORDER [Handwritten:] by releasing information which he was told not to release. |
DEFENDANT MAY APPEAR TO PERSONALLY TESTIFY PRIOR TO ANY FINDING; THIS BEING A CONTEMPT PROCEDURE. [Handwritten:] No appearance by/for defendant.
The court adopts the tentative ruling and imposes sanction on defendant Gerald Armstrong as follows:
Deft Armstrong shall pay $1000.00 fine and serve 48 hours in Marin County jail. Upon the courty signing the order, a bench warrant/body attachment shall issue in the amount of $10,000.00.
Counsel Wilson shall prepare the order + body attachment.
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