Lewis v. Peck
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern EsUct of Illinois. This writ of error brings for review a judgment of the Circuit Court and sentence of imprisonment against the plaintiff in error, James Hamilton Cevis, upon finding of contempt of court, in the violation of an injunction»I th der of such court.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern EsUct of Illinois. This writ of error brings for review a judgment of the Circuit Court and sentence of imprisonment against the plaintiff in error, James Hamilton Cevis, upon finding of contempt of court, in the violation of an injunction»I th der of such court. The proceedings in which the injunctions 1 order was i.s-⅞!.. i were under the title of consolidated actions of Farmers’ Loan & Trust ¡Company, Trustee, and United Waterworks Company, Limited, v. New England Waterworks Company, Alton Waterworks Company et al. — one a…
1Opinion of the CourtSeaman, Circuit Judge
The ultimate facts involved in this review are simple, however serious their import in the administration of equitjr powers and duties, and their effect in the commitment of the plaintiff in error for contempt. The propositions of law upon the general powers of the trial court to restrain the prosecution of cognate suits in other courts, and in reference to the rights and privileges of counsel in actions'so brought — which are presented in one of the aspects of this adjudication and discussed in the arguments — are not free from difficultjr under the authorities. It is not needful, however,…
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- Windsor v. McVeighSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Julian v. Central Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
- The Monte AllegreSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Hawley v. FairbanksSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
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- Fraser v. ColeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1914