Thompson v. Superior Court

THE COURT.

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari or prohibition by which petitioner seeks to annul or to prohibit the enforcement of an order issued by the Honorable Roger A. Pfaff, Judge of the Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles, in the divorce action entitled “John Harrison Thompson vs. Lorane Casey Thompson,” Number D566388. Judge Pfaff presides in Department 8 of respondent court, it being the department designated to hear orders to show cause and contempt proceedings in connection with domestic relations matters.

The action was commenced in January 1960 by John Harrison…