Court Opinion

ID: 9649781
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 15:09:23.606162+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:12:15.027030
License: Public Domain

Concurring and Dissenting Opinion by
Spaeth, J.:
I would vacate the entire “Order sur Plaintiffs *71Motion to Hold Witness in Contempt,” and not vacate it only “insofar as it directs payment to Plaintiffs counsel of his out of pocket expenses. . Majority Opinion at 70. Thé order is suggestive of the discredited practice of finding a defendant not guilty but making him pay costs. See, Giaccio v. Pennsylvania, 382 U.S. 399 (1966). If the witness was in contempt, the lower court should have said so, and punished her accordingly. To say that she was not in contempt, and punish her anyway, was abusive.