Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Ferguson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 5, 2001No. 1001185PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judith S. Crittenden, a lawyer, was held by Judge R.A. Ferguson to be in criminal contempt of court "for her willful disobedience [of a court order] wherein she encouraged, directed and advised" her client, in a divorce action, that the client, the wife, could move her children out of state, even though the divorce judgment entered in the case had specifically prohibited the removal of the children from the Jefferson/Shelby County area without prior court approval.
Crittenden appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals, as authorized by Rule 70A(g)(2), Ala.R.Civ.P., and that Court, with two Judges…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Bloom v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Maness v. MeyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Hicks Ex Rel. Feiock v. FeiockSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Young v. United States Ex Rel. Vuitton Et Fils S. A.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by17 opinions
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