HUDSON v. JENKINS

No. 63392.

288 N.W.2d 566 (1980)

John D. HUDSON, Plaintiff, v. James D. JENKINS, Judge of the Eighth Judicial District, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 20, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. McClintock and David L. Brown of Hansen, McClintock & Riley, Des Moines, for plaintiff.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and Jeanine Freeman, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and REES, HARRIS, McGIVERIN and LARSON, JJ.


LARSON, Justice.

This plaintiff, a lawyer, challenges a contempt citation arising out of his alleged violation of an order entered by the defendant judge. We hold that the actions of the plaintiff did not constitute contempt and therefore sustain the writ of certiorari.

The confrontation involved here began with plaintiff's representation of Allen Dean Kempf in connection with a bank robbery case in federal district court. As a result of that involvement,...

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