Payne v. Coates-Miller, Inc.

Following a hearing in the circuit court of Cook County, William Henning Rubin, attorney for defendant, Coates-Miller, was held in criminal contempt of court and fined *1,000 for willfully impeding the progress of pretrial discovery. Rubin appeals, contending: (1) the trial court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the rule to show cause petition; (2) the trial judge should have recused himself from the contempt proceedings; and (3) the evidence demonstrates that his conduct was not contemptuous.

We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

On October 31, 1975, a class action complaint was filed…