In Re Huff

For the first time in Michigan’s judicial history, it has become necessary to cite one of her circuit judges before this Court for contumacious disregard and willful 'and flagrant disobediencé' of its lawfully entered order. . A'proper regard for understanding by the bench and -bar' and thepublic generally of the authority under- which this Court moved and the: reasons which impelled it to do so ‘requires their announcement through formal opinion.-.

On April 28, 1958, the Chief Justice, the'court administrator and thé defendant, Circuit Judge Eugene 'Snow Huff, then presiding judge1 of the…