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IN RE DUCKMAN

No. 04-483.

898 A.2d 734 (2006)

2006 VT 23

In re Appeal of Lorin DUCKMAN.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

Motion for Reargument Denied April 26, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Nelson, Middlebury, for Appellant.

William H. Sorrell, Attorney General, and John Treadwell, Assistant Attorney General, Montpelier, for Appellee.

John L. Pacht of Hoff, Curtis, Pacht, Cassidy, Frame, Somers & Katims, P.C., Burlington, for Amicus Curiae Vermont Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Matthew F. Valerio, Defender General, and Anna Saxman, Deputy Defender General, Montpelier, for Amicus Curiae Office of the Defender General.

Present: DOOLEY and JOHNSON, JJ., and EATON, D.J., GIBSON, J. (Ret.), and MARTIN, SUPR. J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.

DOOLEY, J.

¶ 1. Attorney Lorin Duckman appeals a district court order finding him in summary criminal contempt and placing him in custody for forty-five minutes. On appeal, attorney makes numerous claims regarding the court's contempt order and subsequent denial of his motion to vacate. Generally, these claims can be summarized as follows: (1) attorney was justified in disobeying the court's order because the court did not have the authority to issue the order...

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