Scott v. Hughes

—Petition brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 seeking to annul and set aside an order and judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Harold J. Hughes, J.), entered on June 1, 1984, which found petitioner guilty of criminal contempt and imposed a fine of $100, unanimously granted, on the law, the facts and in the exercise of discretion, without costs, the adjudication of contempt vacated and the fine imposed remitted to petitioner.

During the course of the three-day trial of a negligence case before the respondent in Supreme Court, New York County, petitioner, the attorney for the…