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IN RE ELLIS

No. 5103.

264 A.2d 300 (1970)

In the Matter of James N. ELLIS.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 20, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quin Denvir, Washington, D. C., for appellant. J. Dean Heller and Woodley B. Osborne, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellant.

Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Charles T. Duncan, Corp. Counsel, Hubert B. Pair, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and GALLAGHER and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment holding Ellis in contempt of court "for shouting and banging [his] fist on [the] bench" during the trial of a civil action in which Ellis appeared as defendant.1 The litigation arose over a dispute about Ellis' right to possession of certain papers alleged to belong to the plaintiff. When the case was called for trial, Ellis appeared without counsel. After being advised of the...

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