In re Independent Pub. Co.
District Court, D. Montana
Proceeding to punish the Indepehdent Publishing Company and another for contempt.
1Opinion of the Court
BOURQUIN, District Judge.
Respondents’ newspaper published a reference to and during a felony trial herein, which included purported past history, similar felonies, trials, sentences, imprisonment, parole, and exile to escape prosecution, of and by defendant. Brought to the court’s notice, and it appearing several jurors had read it, the jury was discharged, the -trial ended, and by tire court’s order respondents were cited to show cause why they should not be adjudged in contempt. They answer the article was by their reporter, believing it true, and was published without the knowledge of the…
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- Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Patterson v. Colorado Ex Rel. Attorney General of Colo.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Ellis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Merrimack River Savings Bank v. City of Clay CenterSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Telegram Newspaper Co. v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
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- United States v. Providence Tribune Co.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1917
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