Court Opinion

ID: 9458366
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 20:50:32.074213+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:35:44.762241
License: Public Domain

WILBUR K. MILLER, Senior Circuit Judge
(dissenting):
I do not agree with the majority’s laborious effort to reconcile the Supreme Court’s decisions and so I cannot concur in the conclusion it draws from its efforts. Finespun theories as to when and how a trial judge reacts to contemptuous courtroom conduct do not impress me.
We should hold, I think, that the trial judge involved here had full authority to act as he did in punishing the appellant for inexcusable and outrageous behavior in the courtroom. Therefore, being of the view that the judgment appealed from should be affirmed, I dissent.