GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS COMM'N v. CAHILL

No. 50,185

225 Kan. 772 (1979)

594 P.2d 1103

GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS COMMISSION, Appellee, v. ROBERT J. CAHILL, Appellant, and MARGARET G. STOLL, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Anderson, Jr., of Anderson, Granger, Nagels & Lastelic, Chartered, of Overland Park, argued the cause and was on the brief for the appellant.

Dennis D. Prater, assistant attorney general, argued the cause and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, was with him on the brief for the appellant.

John H. Fields, of Carson, Fields & Boal, of Kansas City, argued the cause for the intervenor.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FROMME, J.:

Robert J. Cahill appeals from an order finding him in direct contempt for refusing to answer certain questions during the taking of a discovery deposition. The contempt occurred before a judge of the district court in Shawnee County, Kansas. Cahill refused to answer questions posed by counsel after having been directed by the judge to answer. He was found to be...

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