How will a finding of civil contempt be overturned if the finding rests on a party's refusal to comply with a court order?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Microsoft Corp. v. United States (In re a Warrant to Search a Certain E–Mail Account Controlled & Maintained by Microsoft Corp.), 829 F.3d 197 (2nd Cir. 2016):

We will vacate a finding of civil contempt that rests on a party's refusal to comply with a court order if we determine that the district court relied on a mistaken understanding of the law in issuing its order. United States ex rel. Touhy v. Ragen , 340 U.S. 462, 46470, 71 S.Ct. 416, 95 L.Ed. 417 (1951). Similarly, we will vacate a district court's denial of a motion to quash if we conclude that the denial rested

[829 F.3d 209]

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