Legal Opinion
In the Matter of David Dellinger
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 6, 1972No. 18294PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
After this Anti-riot Act ease against seven of these defendants was submitted to the jury, acting under Rule 42(a) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, the trial judge summarily convicted them and their two trial attorneys of contempt of court in violation of 18 U.S. C. § 401(1). All nine now appeal from the findings of contempt and the sentences imposed upon them.
In the certificates of contempt, the court found that the 5-month trial was “marred by continual disruptive outbursts in direct defiance of judicial authority by defendants and defense counsel.” It…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
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- Ungar v. SarafiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Bloom v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by99 opinions
- Hampton v. HanrahanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- United States v. David T. DellingerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Bobby G. SealeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
- Commonwealth v. GarrisonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- United States v. Louis Joseph Marion Marvin IvesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
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