APPLICATION OF STONE

No. 2772

77 Wyo. 1 (1957)

305 P.2d 777

Application of J. NORMAN STONE for admission to the Bar of the State of Wyoming. The State of Wyoming, upon relation of the Attorney General, George F. Guy and Assistant Attorney General, Bruce P. Badley, Edward Birchby, President of the Sheridan County Bar Association and G.R. McConnell, Attorney at Law, Plaintiff vs. J. NORMAN "STONEY" STONE, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Wyoming

January 7, 1957


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Honorable George F. Guy, Attorney General, Bruce P. Badley, Assistant Attorney General, both of Cheyenne, Wyoming, G.R. McConnell of Laramie, Wyoming, Edward Birchby and Henry A. Burgess, both of Sheridan, Wyoming appeared for the Plaintiff.

Mr. John J. Spriggs, Sr., of Lander, Wyoming, appeared for the defendant, and the defendant was also present.

Mr. William J. Wehrli of Casper, Wyoming, Mr. Joseph H. Galicich of Rock Springs, Wyoming, Mr. Thomas O. Millerof Lusk, Wyoming, and Mr. Joseph J. Hickey of Cheyenne, Wyoming appeared amici curiae.

Heard before Blume, C.J. and Harnsberger and Parker, J.J.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Defendant stands charged with contempt in an action invoking the original jurisdiction of this court. The evidence discloses a long continuing, carefully planned attack on members of the supreme court, and we must now determine whether or not such acts constitute a direct contempt and whether they are a clear and present danger to the court and to the administration of justice in Wyoming. The charges...

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