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In Re Bernard

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided December 13, 1979Published

1Opinion of the Court

408 A.2d 1279 (1979)

In re John J. BERNARD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

December 13, 1979.

Thomas E. Delahanty, II, Dist. Atty., Herbert Bunker, Jr., Deputy Dist. Atty., Michael D. Seitzinger (orally), Asst. Atty. Gen., Cheryl Simcock, Law Student, Augusta, for plaintiff.

Thomas S. Carey, Fred E. Hanscom Law Offices, Rumford, Albert J. Beliveau, Jr., Rumford (orally), for defendant.

NICHOLS, Justice.

When a trial judge sees a breach of decorum as contempt of court requiring summary treatment at his hands, not infrequently the atmosphere is highly charged and the time for reflection and review…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Cooke v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Ex Parte TerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  3. Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. United States v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. Town of Nottingham v. Cedar Waters, Inc.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1978

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