SCOTT v. SCOTT

No. 20250.

382 F.2d 461 (1967)

James R. SCOTT, Appellant, v. Indiana R. SCOTT, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 27, 1967.

Petition for Rehearing Denied September 28, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James J. Laughlin, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Ted D. Kuemmerling, Asst. Corp. Counsel for District of Columbia, with whom Messrs. Charles T. Duncan, Corp. Counsel, and Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, also entered an appearance for appellee.

Mr. Charles H. Mayer, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court as amicus curiae), filed a memorandum as amicus curiae.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, Senior Circuit Judge, and DANAHER and BURGER, Circuit Judges.


Petition for Rehearing En Banc Denied September 28, 1967.

DANAHER, Circuit Judge:

We allowed this appeal from a decision1 of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to consider the claim of the appellant that he was entitled to an evidentiary hearing before the court revoked its order staying execution of his commitment to jail for a civil contempt.2

The Domestic Relations Branch of the District...

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