Contempt powers of federal courts
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- 93 Contempt
- 93II Power to Punish, and Proceedings Therefor
- 93k31 k. Constitutional and Statutory Provisions.
By 1831 Act Congress sought to define independently contempt powers of federal courts, rather than merely to reflect all of oddities of early English practice.
Green v. U.S., 78 S.Ct. 632 (1958)