McGIVERIN, Justice.
Plaintiff Fay Monroe Van Meter challenges, by petition for writ of certiorari, defendant district court's finding of contempt of court and imposition of a six month jail sentence for the contempt. We conclude that, although the court was exercising a judicial function, the contempt finding and the imposition of the sentence were erroneous acts, and so we sustain the writ and remand for a new hearing on the issue of whether Van Meter was in contempt...
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