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SILVERTHORNE LUMBER CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 358.

251 U.S. 385 (1920)

SILVERTHORNE LUMBER COMPANY, INC., ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 26, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William D. Guthrie, with whom Mr. Henry W. Killeen, Mr. James O. Moore, Mr. Frederic D. McKenney and Mr. Myer Cohen were on the briefs, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Stewart, with whom Mr. W.C. Herron was on the brief, for the United States:

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error brought to reverse a judgment of the District Court fining the Silverthorne Lumber Company two hundred and fifty dollars for contempt of court and ordering Frederick W. Silverthorne to be imprisoned until he should purge himself of a similar contempt. The contempt in question was a refusal to obey subpoenas and an order of Court to produce books...

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