Legal Opinion

In Re the Contempt of Graveley

Montana Supreme Court

Decided July 22, 1980No. 14926PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheehy

Petitioners Charles Graveley and Richard Hammerbacker filed a petition with this Court seeking a writ of review of a judgment of contempt found against them in the District Court, First Judicial District, Lewis and Clark County, before presiding Judge Joseph B. Gary.

At first petitioners attempted to appeal the judgment of contempt of this Court. Upon discovering that a judgment of contempt was not appealable, State v. District Court (1919), 56 Mont. 578, 185 P. 1112, petitioners dismissed the appeal and filed this petition for review.

The facts, in the light most favorable to the decision of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. State ex rel. King v. Second Judicial District CourtMontana Supreme Court · 1900
  2. State Ex Rel. Murphy v. District CourtMontana Supreme Court · 1935
  3. State ex rel. Zosel v. District CourtMontana Supreme Court · 1919
  4. Hand v. HandMontana Supreme Court · 1957
  5. State Ex Rel. Burns v. District CourtMontana Supreme Court · 1928

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Rose v. District Court of the Eighth Judicial DistrictMontana Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Milanovich v. MilanovichMontana Supreme Court · 1982
  3. State Ex Rel. Foss v. District Court of the Fourth Judicial DistrictMontana Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Kauffman v. Montana Twenty-First Judicial District CourtMontana Supreme Court · 1998
  5. Marks v. First Judicial District CourtMontana Supreme Court · 1989

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