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MATTER OF SCHWARTZ

No. 12089.

391 A.2d 278 (1978)

In the Matter of Alfred M. SCHWARTZ, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 29, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred M. Schwartz, pro se.

Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom John R. Risher, Jr., Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., and Richard W. Barton, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before GALLAGHER, YEAGLEY and MACK, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant, an attorney, was summarily adjudged guilty of contempt of court and ordered to pay a fine of $200 or serve a sentence of ten days in jail. He contends on appeal the evidence was insufficient to support a finding of contempt. We agree and reverse.

Appellant was counsel for a defendant (husband) in a divorce proceeding in the Domestic Relations Branch of Superior Court. The divorce had been granted by the court in February 1976, but the...

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