In Re Callan

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Sullivan, J.

Defendants-appellants were convicted of contempt of court arising out of their conduct in the course of a civil trial. In re Callan, 122 N. J. Super. 479 (Ch. Div. 1973). Their convictions were upheld by the Appellate Division, 126 N. J. Super. 103 (1973). This Court granted certification. 64 N. J. 503 (1974). The matter has the following background.

The Stella Wright Housing Project, operated by the Housing Authority of the City of Newark, had become the object of a tenants rent strike to protest intolerable living conditions in the…