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by slinkyavenger 4286 days ago
You'll continually be found in contempt of court until you comply, until they break through some other way, or until they get tired of dealing with you.
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Interestingly and strangely enough, jail can only be used for contempt of court when they believe that keeping you there has a chance of making you comply. If you make a principled enough stand that you are never going to comply, they legally have to let you out. In practice, this usually takes a long time.
An excellent example of that was Greg Anderson [1], Barry Bonds alleged source for Steroids.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Anderson_%28trainer%29