Chiang (Trustee of) v. Chiang: The Dark Side of Civil Contempt w/ Tom Curry
We like to believe that contempt of court is simple: you break the rules, face the consequences, and if you comply, you earn your way back out. The law, we tell ourselves, is precise, structured, and fair.
But what happens when the very order meant to restore accountability becomes the trap itself?
This case, Chiang (Trustee of) v. Chiang, forces us to confront a deeply uncomfortable reality: that even systems designed to enforce justice can spiral into something coercive, endless, and structurally impossible to escape.
What began as a routine commercial debt dispute in California evolved…
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