Gautreaux v. Gautreaux

On Application for Rehearing

Both the relator and the respondent judge have applied for a rehearing. In the application of the judge, complaint is made with respect to our ruling that there was but one continuous act of contempt for which a maximum fine of $100 and 24 hours imprisonment could be imposed, it being his position that, since he had already adjudged relator guilty of contempt for interrupting him, the subsequent disrespect directed against him was a separate and distinct offense. He further says that the decision in State ex rel Parker v. Mouser, 208 La. 1093, 24 So.2d 151, relied…