KAUFFMAN v. 21ST JUDICIAL DIST. COURT

No. 98-277.

966 P.2d 715 (1998)

1998 MT 239

Lisa B. KAUFFMAN, Esq., Relator, v. MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, Ravalli County, The Honorable Jeffrey Langton, Presiding Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided September 29, 1998,


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa B. Kauffman, Missoula, for Relator.

Jeffrey Langton, District Court Judge, Hamilton, for Respondent.


REGNIER, Justice.

¶ 1 On April 15, 1998, District Court Judge Jeffery H. Langton of the Twenty-First Judicial District in Ravalli County, found petitioner, Lisa B. Kauffman, Esq., in contempt of court. Judge Langton ordered Kauffman to serve twenty-four hours in the Ravalli County Jail and fined her the sum of $500.

¶ 2 Kauffman immediately filed a petition for writ of certiorari with this Court, and on April 16, 1998, we stayed the execution of...

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