What is the effect of a court finding a defendant in contempt of court against a plaintiff in a motion for a new trial?

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The following excerpt is from Sunbeam Corporation v. Sunbeam Furniture Corp., 139 F. Supp. 770 (S.D. Cal. 1956):

Courts often condition denial of a new trial upon a voluntary reduction of the verdict. See Dimick v. Schiedt, 1934, 293 U.S. 474, 482-484, 55 S.Ct. 296, 79 L.Ed. 603. By analogy, I am giving the defendant in this case the opportunity of saving the many thousands of dollars assessed and to be assessed against him for his contempt by voluntarily agreeing to a modification of the judgment which, in my opinion, will forever remove the temptation to "ride" on the plaintiff's name and good will.

Hence the ruling above made.

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