Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. McMinn v. Gentry

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided September 12, 1951No. 28,820Published

1Opinion of the Court

229 Ind. 615 (1951)

100 N.E.2d 676

STATE EX REL. McMINN

v.

GENTRY, SPECIAL JUDGE, ET AL.

No. 28,820.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Filed September 12, 1951.

Johnson, Stewart & Austin, of Anderson, for relator.

Cassius M. Gentry, pro se, and Harold J. Anderson, of Anderson, for respondents.

EMMERT, J.

This is an original action for an alternative writ of mandamus and a writ of prohibition, and presents to this court the question of the jurisdiction of the trial court to fine and imprison relator for contempt of court.

On the 22nd day of April, 1948, the State of Indiana, on relation of G. Floyd Harrold filed…

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2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
  4. De Jonge v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  5. In re NevittCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902

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