Wood v. Georgia

Mr. Justice Harlan, whom Mr. Justice Clark joins,

dissenting.

Whether or not the clear and present danger doctrine of Bridges v. California, 314 U. S. 252, 260-263, 271, should be deemed to limit a state or federal court’s use of the contempt power when employed against a member of its official entourage who has scandalized the conduct of the court in relation to and during the course of a pending judicial proceeding is a question which I need not reach in this case. For even under the most expansive view of Bridges and its offshoots the contempt judgment against this sheriff should be upheld.

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