Legal Opinion
Brown v. District Court of Webster County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided May 7, 1968No. 52786PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BECKER, Justice.
Petitioner has filed application for writ of certiorari to review defendant’s order finding petitioner guilty of contempt of court. This procedure is provided in Iowa Code, 1966, section 665.11: “Revision by certiorari. No appeal lies from an order to punish for a contempt, but the proceedings may, in proper cases, be taken to a higher court for revision by certiorari.”
In 1966 petitioner was involved in a real estate contract forfeiture case. He was vendor seeking to forfeit the contract. Defendant, as trial judge in that case, entered an order dismissing petitioner’s…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Wood v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Lutz v. DarbyshireSupreme Court of Iowa · 1980
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- Knox v. Municipal Court of City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1971
- LaRue v. BurnsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1978
- Allen v. LindemanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969
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