Legal Opinion
Fair v. Lo Scalzo
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided November 21, 1973No. 71-941PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOBSON, Judge.
This is an appeal by appellant Jim Fair from a judgment holding him in direct criminal contempt under Rule 1.830 R.Cr. P., 33 F.S.A., (now Rule 3.830) and sentencing him to sixty (60) days in the Hills-borough County Jail.
The facts leading up to the judgment and sentence appealed arise out of an original action brought by the appellant against the appellees for slander and libel. In that action appellant in pro. per. filed a pleading designated “Notice of Dismissal” which stated in part as follows:
“Comes now the plaintiff, Jim Fair, in proper person, and files this his Notice of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Bloom v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- In Re SawyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Fisher v. PaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Myers v. HodgesSupreme Court of Florida · 1907
- State Ex Rel. Giblin v. SullivanSupreme Court of Florida · 1946
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Fox v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
- Matthews v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978
- Scalzo v. FairSupreme Court of Florida · 1974
- Thomas v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015