Legal Opinion
Matter of Waldman v. Churchill
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 11, 1933PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
Petitioner, who is a member of the bar, represented several defendants in an action wherein a motion for an injunction appeared upon the calendar of that part of the Supreme Court in New York county over which respondent presided.' Upon petitioner’s application for an adjournment occurred events which resulted in an order adjudging him guilty of criminal contempt. A court of record has power to punish for a criminal contempt a person who is guilty of “ disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent behavior, committed during its sitting, in its immediate view and presence, and directly ten'ding to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Matter of Reed v. Bd. of Standards AppealsNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- People Ex Rel. Barnes v. . Court of SessionsNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Briddon v. . BriddonNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- People ex rel. Bernstein v. La FetraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
- People Ex Rel. Bernstein v. . La FetraNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
3Cited by13 opinions
- Matter of Douglas v. AdelNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Coll Moya v. Alcaide de la Cárcel Municipal de San JuanSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1963
- Steingut v. ImrieAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1945
- People ex rel. Sandnes v. Sheriff of Kings CountyNew York Supreme Court · 1937
- Berkon v. MahoneyNew York Supreme Court · 1943
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