Legal Opinion
Ray Sandstrom v. Robert Butterworth, Sheriff
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 13, 1984No. 83-5431PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Senior Circuit Judge:
The functioning of our legal system occasionally brings into direct opposition fundamental values upon which the entire system rests. Absolute conflicts between these basic values, where preserving one value requires compromise of another, are among the most perplexing challenges that this Court encounters. This habeas corpus appeal presents just such a challenge. It involves one manifestation of the tension that exists between the courts’ criminal contempt power and various tenents of constitutional due process. In the case at bar, petitioner’s conviction for…
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- Bloom v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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