Gompers v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO, APPEAL PROM AND ON PETITION FOR CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OP APPEALS OP THE DISTRICT OP COLUMBIA. The facts, which involve the construction of § 1044, Rev. Stat., and its application to past acts of contempt, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Me, Justice Holmes
delivered the opinion of the court.
These are proceedings for alleged criminal contempts in the matter that was before this court in Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co., 221 U. S. 418. In that case the proceedings instituted by the Bucks Stove & Range Company to punish the petitioners were ordered to be dismissed, but without prejudice to the power of the Supreme Court of the District to punish contempt, if any, committed against it. The decision was rendered on May 15, 1911, and the next day the Supreme Court of the District appointed a committee to inquire whether there was…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- United States v. KisselSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
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