Wiggins v. Ithaca Journal News, Inc.

This decision involves a motion by the respondents, Ithaca Journal News, Inc., Randall Shew and Patricia Nordheimer for an order dismissing the contempt proceedings brought against them upon the order to show cause issued on the affidavit of Walter J. Wiggins, Esq., an attorney for one of the interested parties herein. The respondents’ notice states the following grounds for their motion: (1) that the order to show cause and affidavit of Walter Wiggins do not contain a plain and concise statement of any act constituting criminal contempt under article 19 of the Judiciary Law; (2) that the…