That nothing herein contained shall be construed to relate to contempts committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice... The Federal Reporter - Page 981904Full view - About this book
| Electronic journals - 1925 - 630 pages
...divided into two classes: direct and indirect or constructive. 10 Direct contempts are those committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice. Indirect or constructive contempts obviously include those perpetrated... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Labor and Public Welfare - 1967 - 1414 pages
...contempt shall have been committed: Provided, That this right wSj"' shall not apply to contempts committed in the presence of the court (»» • or so near thereto as to interfere directly with the administration of I justice or to apply to the misbehavior, misconduct,... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1968 - 1332 pages
...(1874); In re Savin, 131 US 267, 275-276 (1889). That Act limited the contempt power to misbehavior in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to obstruct justice; misbehavior of court officers in their official transactions; and disobedience or resistance... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1968 - 1834 pages
...also constituted other crimes under federal or state law. Contempts of this nature, unless committed in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to obstruct justice, or unless they involved disobedience to a court writ, process, order, or decree in a case... | |
| United States - Discrimination - 1969 - 60 pages
...$1,000 or imprisoned for more than six months. This section shall not apply to contempts committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, nor to the misbehavior, misconduct, or disobedience of any officer of the court in respect to writs, orders,... | |
| United States. National Commission on Reform of Federal Criminal Laws - Criminal law - 1970 - 798 pages
...exceed the term of six months. This section shall not be construed to relate to contempts committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, nor to contempts committed in disobedience of any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command... | |
| United States - Civil rights - 1970 - 94 pages
...$1,000 or imprisoned for more than six months. This section shall not apply to contempts committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, nor to the misbehavior, misconduct, or disobedience of any officer of the court in respect to writs, orders,... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1970 - 1046 pages
...criticism. A defendant had been convicted in 1939 under a federal contempt statute that punished conduct in the presence of the court or "so near thereto" as to obstruct the administration of justice. At the time of defendant's conviction case law required a cawtil rather... | |
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