High Court Stays Contempt Ruling in Desegregation Case
The Supreme Court on Thursday night stayed a lower court ruling that had upheld contempt citations against four Yonkers, N.Y., city councilmen for fighting a federally ordered desegregation plan, a high court spokeswoman said.
But in a related decision, the court refused to stay a contempt ruling against the city. The court granted stays to council members Henry Spallone, Nicholas Longo, Edward Fagan and Peter Chema, court spokeswoman Toni House said.
“The court has granted the stay for the four council members” until they have had time to ask the court formally to fully review their cases, she said. “The application so far as the city of Yonkers is concerned has been denied.”
The council members had faced $500-a-day fines, and the city could be hit with $1 million a day in penalties.
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