Garner v. Amsler

This is an application by the appellants, two lawyers living in Memphis,’ Tennessee, for a writ of certiorari to review a judgment finding them to be in contempt of the' Pulaski Circuit Court. They contend that their conduct did not constitute contempt of court and, secondarily, that the punishment imposed is excessive.

These two attorneys, James 0. Garner and Bernard M. Rosen, were representing the defendants in a civil action that had been set for trial on December 19, 1963. That morning they first filed a motion for a continuance, on the ground that they had been unable to employ local…