Cook v. Nelius

EVANS, Justice.

On March 24, 1973, the 177th District Court of Harris County, Texas, entered a judgment holding C. R. Cook in contempt and adjudging his punishment to be a fine of $500.00 and commitment in the county jail for a period of six months.

The proceedings in the District Court were based upon a suggestion of contempt filed on behalf of certain employees of the City of Houston Fire Department, charging the said C. R. Cook, Fire Chief of the City of Houston Fire Department with deliberate interference with the Court’s judicial process by intimidating certain city employees who were…