Legal Opinion
In Re Williams
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided January 20, 1967No. 658PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLake, J.
G.S. 5-1 provides:
“Any person guilty of any of the following acts may be punished for contempt:
“* * 6. The contumacious and unlawful refusal of any person to be sworn as a witness, or, when so sworn, the like refusal to answer any legal and proper interrogatory.”
Webster’s New International Dictionary, Second Edition, says:
“Contumacious implies stubbornness or perversity, esp. as manifested in willful contempt of any lawful summons or orders, as of a court; as a contumacious witness.”
Black’s Law Dictionary defines contumacy as “The refusal or intentional omission of a person who has been duly…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by22 opinions
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