Legal Opinion
In re Hillis
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided August 27, 2004No. 321,2003PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Per curiam
In an Opinion dated March 24, 2004, this Court declined to issue a writ of prohibition or certiorari sought by Edmund M. Hillis, Assistant Public Defender.1 The petition for a writ challenged the authority of a Superior Court judge to sanction Hillis by imposing upon him the costs of transporting prisoners to court ($267) and by confining him for one hour to a courthouse “holding area.” We addressed two issues in that Opinion: the circumstances under which a trial judge may find a person in contempt without providing notice and a hearing, and whether the trial judge’s sanction was a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Link v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Roadway Express, Inc. v. PiperSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- In the Matter of the Sanction of Jay C. Baker and Michael J. Carson, George Roland Mulvaney v. Rivair Flying Service, Inc. v. Ed Dietlin, D/B/A Dietlin Aircraft, Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- Cebenka v. Upjohn Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1989
- In Re HillisSupreme Court of Delaware · 2004
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