Legal Opinion
Grable v. Brown
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided June 17, 2003No. Docket No. 234148PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtZahra, J.
Appellant, Henry Joseph Dudzinski, appeals as of right from the trial court’s order finding him in contempt of court and sentencing him to twenty-nine days in jail. Although we conclude the trial court erred and infringed on appellant’s First Amendment right to free speech, we affirm the contempt order.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On May 30, 2000, appellant sat in the courtroom as a spectator during pretrial settlement discussions in Grable v Brown.1 Appellant and his wife were wearing shirts 2 bearing the following statement: “Kourts Kops Krooks.”3 The trial judge told appellant and his *98w…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Widmar v. VincentSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In Re Contempt of DudzinskiMichigan Court of Appeals · 2003
- Yann Iannucci v. Julie Michelle JonesMichigan Court of Appeals · 2019