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COOKE v. UNITED STATES

No. 311.

267 U.S. 517 (1925)

45 S.Ct. 390

69 L.Ed. 767

COOKE v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 13, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edwin C. Brandenburg, with whom Messrs J.A. Templeton, G.A. Stultz, W.E. Spell, and E. Howard McCaleb were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Merrill E. Otis, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for the United States.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the Court.

The first objection to the sentence of the court, made on behalf of the petitioner, is that the letter written to the judge is not a contempt of the court. Section 21 of the Judicial Code contains the following:

"Whenever a party to any action or proceeding, civil or criminal, shall make and file an affidavit that the judge...

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