Legal Opinion

In re the Contempt of Court of Willis

Washington Supreme Court

Decided January 2, 1917No. 13714PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from an order of the superior court for Lewis county, Rice, J., entered April 4, 1916, adjudging defendant guilty of contempt of court.

1Opinion of the Court

Main, J. —

The defendant, J. E. Willis, appeals from an order of the superior court adjudging him guilty of con*181tempt committed in the view and presence of the court, and fixing the penalty. The order, omitting the formal parts, is as follows:

“Be it known, That on the 3rd day of April, 1916, the above named court being in open session in the court room in Chehalis, Washington, and having under consideration various motions and court matters of public concern, the said J. E. Willis, above named, being then a member of the bar of said court and practicing his profession before said court,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ex Parte TerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  2. McClatchy v. Superior Court of SacramentoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Middlebrook v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1876
  4. State v. BuddressWashington Supreme Court · 1911
  5. State v. NicollWashington Supreme Court · 1905

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. United States v. SacherCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
  2. State v. HobbleWashington Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Blankenburg v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
  4. State v. CaffreyWashington Supreme Court · 1966
  5. State v. DuganCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1999

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