Practice question
After finding bad-faith summary-judgment affidavits, the court proposes additional contempt punishment without giving the offender a hearing. The offender invokes Section6’s text. Which is correct?
- No hearing is ever mentioned
- The further contempt adjudication requires a hearing
- An expense award automatically is a contempt conviction
- Only the movant may decide contempt privately
- The affidavit itself supplies the missing hearing
Legal references
- 2019 Rule35, AM19-10-20-SC: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
- Continuing Rules35 Section5;36 Sections2–6;37 Sections5,9;38 Sections4–7;41 Section2;22 Section1: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
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