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SAVIN

No. 1553.

131 U.S. 267 (1889)

SAVIN, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 13, 1889.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.A. Anderson for appellant.

Mr. Solicitor General and Mr. George J. Denis, United States attorney for the Southern District of California, opposing.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.

The power of the courts of the United States to punish contempts of their authority is not merely incidental to their general power to exercise judicial functions, but, as was said in Ex parte Terry, 128 U.S. 289, 304, where this subject was considered...

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