1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Ill.
  4. 40 Ill.
  5. 40 Ill. App.2d 352 (1963)
 

PEOPLE v. RYAN

Gen. No. 10,442.

40 Ill. App.2d 352 (1963)

189 N.E.2d 763

People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Willis P. Ryan, Respondent-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Rehearing denied and opinion modified May 7, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan & Heller, of Mattoon (Willis P. Ryan, Harlan Heller and Fred A. Hicks, of counsel), for appellant.

Harrison J. McCown, State's Attorney, Douglas County, of Tuscola, for appellee.

ROETH, JUSTICE.

This appeal is prosecuted by Willis Ryan, an attorney, from a judgment of the County Court of Douglas County which found him guilty of contempt and fined him $100 for his refusal to comply with an order of the court directing him, pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum, to produce a certain document which he had in his possession. Certain factual matters concerning this document are important and appear in the record before us without contradiction.

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases