Miaskiewicz v. LeTourneau

In Miaskiewicz v. Commonwealth, 380 Mass. 153 (1980), the Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the conviction of the plaintiff of petty criminal contempt. That court, at 158, described the plaintiffs conduct as follows: “The petitioner not only lied wilfully under oath, but enlisted *881judicial resources in a baseless, false and wasteful cause. His conduct constituted both an affront to the court’s dignity and a perversion of the court’s purposes as an institution for just resolution of legitimate disputes.”

The findings of fact of the trial judge which resulted in the plaintiffs conviction of petty…