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UNITED STATES v. YATES

Cr. No. 22467.

107 F.Supp. 412 (1952)

UNITED STATES v. YATES.

United States District Court S. D. California, C. D.

September 8, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter S. Binns, U. S. Atty., Norman Neukom, Asst. U. S. Atty., Ray H. Kinnison, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., Lawrence K. Bailey, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., for plaintiff.

Ben Margolis, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant.

MATHES, District Judge.

18 U.S.C. § 401 declares that: "A court of the United States shall have power to punish by fine or imprisonment, at its discretion, such contempt of its authority * * * as * * * (3) Disobedience * * * to its lawful * * * order * * * or command."

Contempt of court is thus declared to be a public offense* — a crime; and Rule 42(a) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, 18 U.S.C. provides that...

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