Case ID: so2d_367/html/0863-04.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "SUMMERS, C. J.,", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

In re James E. SHIELDS, Attorney.
    No. 63834.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Feb. 16, 1979.
   In re James E. Shields, Attorney, applying for supervisory writs and stay order. Orleans Parish.

Writ granted. A contradictory hearing ordered to determine whether relator is in constructive contempt in violation of La.C. Cr.P., Art. 23(2).

SUMMERS, C. J.,

dissents, being of the opinion that the ruling of the trial judge was correct. The contempt of court was direct and a contumacious failure to comply with the order of the trial judge to appear in court, action tending to interrupt or interfere with the business of the court and to impair its dignity and respect for its authority. La.Code Crim.Pro. Art. 21(5). Moreover, relator’s petition is both derogatory and insulting to the judge and should be returned.