Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Gentry v. Becker
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided July 6, 1943No. 38447PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRETT, C.
This proceeding in mandamus presents the question of whether a circuit court, having appointed counsel to represent it in a contempt proceeding, possesses also the inherent power to allow such attorneys a fee for their services and order the fee paid by a county — in this instance the City of St. Louis.
On March 9, 1940 the Circuit. Court of the City of St. Louis issued an information and citation in contempt in the name of the State- at the relation of the Circuit Attorney against the Pulitzer Publishing Company, Ben H. Reese, Ralph Coghlan and Daniel R. Fitzpatrick, based upon the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Knox County Council v. State Ex Rel. McCormickIndiana Supreme Court · 1940
- City of St. Louis v. MeintzSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- Ex Parte Hernreich v. QuinnSupreme Court of Missouri · 1943
- State v. WeatherbySupreme Court of Missouri · 1939
- Perkins v. BurksSupreme Court of Missouri · 1934
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3Cited by44 opinions
- O'Coin's, Inc. v. Treasurer of the County of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Ramos Acevedo v. Tribunal Superior, Sala de San JuanSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1993
- State Ex Rel. Weinstein v. St. Louis CountySupreme Court of Missouri · 1970
- Osborne v. PurdomeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1951
- Curtis v. TozerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1964
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