State v. Keene
Supreme Court of Louisiana
“ Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. An Ephraim Avery gospelizer indeed, who wished to render permanent, by synod-ratification, an evangelical call, which, through new-born zeal in the service of Calvin’s sect, in dereliction of Westley’s fold, had been provisionally conferred upon him, in the synod’s recess, for probation, by a nominator for synod-confirmation of candidates for holy orders and holy offices; such a gospelizer, indeed, might well enough have made that…
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“ Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. An Ephraim Avery gospelizer indeed, who wished to render permanent, by synod-ratification, an evangelical call, which, through new-born zeal in the service of Calvin’s sect, in dereliction of Westley’s fold, had been provisionally conferred upon him, in the synod’s recess, for probation, by a nominator for synod-confirmation of candidates for holy orders and holy offices; such a gospelizer, indeed, might well enough have made that metaphor a text for the out-pourings of his hypocrisy and cant. But surely the appellant could never have foreseen or…
1Opinion of the Court
Eastern Dist.
June, 1837.
ON AN ATTACHMENT FOR A CONTEMPT OF COURT.
The use of abusive and impertinent language and epithets, towards the court, or any one of the judges thereof, contained in a petition for a re-hearing, signed by the party and filed with the clerk, is good and sufficient grounds for an attachment, to show cause why the party offending shall not be fined and imprisoned for a contempt of court.
Where a party signs a petition for a re-hearing with his own name, using contemptuous language, and is the plaintiff in the case, he will be considered as acting in his individual capacity,…
2Cited by6 opinions
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- United States v. BarnettSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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