11.   Judge Susan Webber Wright was justified in finding him in civil contempt.

12.   Legal scholars have questioned whether Judge Wright correctly interpreted federal law in citing Clinton for civil contempt, a tool generally used to compel testimony in ongoing court cases.

13.   No lawyers or legal experts interviewed here could recall anyone else being held on civil contempt charges as long as Sheppard has.

14.   No other president has ever been held in civil contempt, and it is rare for high government officials to be faced with such charges.

15.   Odell Sheppard, a Chicago handyman, has been jailed on a civil contempt citation for a decade for refusing to answer questions about the whereabouts of his daughter.

16.   One law to enforce such subpoenas, the civil contempt statute, does not give Congress the ability to get evidence from officers of the executive branch.

17.   The county does appoint lawyers to people facing either civil contempt charges or those in danger of having their parental rights terminated.

18.   The contempt citations against Babbitt and Rubin, and Assistant Interior Secretary KevinGover, are civil contempt citations and carry no personal financial burden for the secretaries.

19.   The judge has also found Ms. Mitchell liable for civil contempt, along with her newspaper.

20.   Under a settlement of charges, the accused can be charged with civil contempt if it again commits violations.