“I think you’re the one who needs to do that research, since you don’t seem to understand that there are both civil and criminal classes of that charge.”
I know. These were CIVIL contempt charges.
Nope, the example you cited was a criminal contempt charge:
“Actions that one might normally associate with the phrase “contempt of court,” such as a party causing a serious disruption in the courtroom, yelling at the judge, or refusing to testify before a grand jury, would often constitute criminal contempt of court.”
http://litigation.findlaw.com/going-to-court/civil-contempt-of-court.html