Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided February 4, 1955PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRELL, Justice.
This case has shuttled back and forth to this Court so often that it begins to look as if it were a travesty on our system of administering justice. Two appeals from orders in contempt have been generated. The Circuit Court of Dade County adjudicated Art Lewis guilty of civil and criminal contempt, committed him to jail and ordered him to pay as a penalty all costs and certain attorney’s fees. From said judgment he appealed to this Court and petitioned for habeas corpus. The writ was *712granted and the petitioner was discharged. Lewis v. Kelly, Fla., 75 So.2d 761.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Kilgore v. BirdSupreme Court of Florida · 1942
- Sneed v. MayoSupreme Court of Florida · 1953
- State v. SullivanSupreme Court of Florida · 1949
- Lewis v. LewisSupreme Court of Florida · 1953
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3Cited by5 opinions
- LOCAL LODGE NUMBER 1248, ETC. v. St. Regis Paper Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1960
- Schneider v. ManheimerDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1964
- In re Local Lodge No. 1248 of International Ass'n of MachinistsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1961
- Puleo v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1959
- In re Local Lodge No. 1248 of International Ass'n of MachinistsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1961