People v. Adams

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JOHNSON

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court finding respondents, LeRoy P. Levitt, director of the Illinois Department of Mental Health, and John R. Collier, the superintendent of Manteno State Hospital, in contempt of court for failing to obey the last paragraph of a court order. The contempt order imposed a $100 fine upon each respondent. They appeal, raising the question of whether the trial court had statutory authority to issue the order holding them in contempt.

The action arose out of the following set of facts. In…