Legal Opinion
In Re Merritt
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 21, 1980No. 80-K-1836PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
391 So.2d 440 (1980)
In re Clyde D. MERRITT.
No. 80-K-1836.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
November 21, 1980.
Dwight M. Doskey, New Orleans, for relator, Clyde D. Merritt.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Donald Giglio, Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Attys., for State, respondent.
CALOGERO, Justice.
We review here the trial court's finding an attorney in direct contempt of court for his failure to appear for that court's ruling on a writ of habeas corpus which he had filed on behalf of a client. Finding this case to be controlled by Kidd v.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Taylor v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Kidd v. CaldwellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
3Cited by20 opinions
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- State v. WiseSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
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