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...Clayton Curb. In 1789 the First Congress, following common law practice, specifically granted federal courts the power "to punish by fine or imprisonment, at the discretion of said courts, all contempts of authority in any cause or hearing before the same." In at least 50 cases, the Supreme Court has upheld this power. Only six years ago, the court held a full review of the issue in Green v. U.S., concluding that "a long and unbroken line of decisions involving contempts ranging from misbehavior in court to disobedience of court orders establishes beyond peradventure that criminal contempts are not subject...
However, there are curbs on this power. If Barnett and Johnson were charged with contempt of a federal district court, they could well argue for a jury trial under certain provisions of the 1914 Clayton Act. Such a court did in fact order Negro Student James Meredith enrolled at Ole Miss. But Justice Tom Clark, speaking for the majority, put Barnett and Johnson squarely in the hands of the Court of Appeals, which had also enjoined them from interfering. Said Clark: "It would be anomalous for a Court of Appeals to have the power to punish contempt...
...recipients are: Clayton T. Koelh, of Leverett House and Providence, R.I.: John M. Lewis, of Lowell House and Lyndon, Vt.: Mare J. Roberts, of Eliot House and Bayonne, N.J.: and Jeffrey H. Utter, of Lowell House and Auburn, Mass...
...WHITE PAPER: ADAM CLAYTON POWELL (NBC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). Chet Huntley narrates this report on the contentious New York Congressman...
Also: Duncan M. Kennedy; Clayton T. Koelb, Jr.; Leslie Lessinger; John M. Lewis; Richard H. Masland; Leonard A. Merewitz; Frederick V. Mulhauser; Carl D. Offner; David F. Phillips; Michael D. Platt; Joe A. Porter; Marc J. Roberts; Edward K. Schmookler; George S. Shapiro; James C. Sherburne; William F. Sibley; Nathaniel B. Smith; Martin C. Spechler; Michael R. Stein; John E. Terrell; Andreas W. Teuber; Stephen N. Thomas; Kenneth L. Tigar; Stephen F. Tobias; Richard Weisskoff; Francis A. Westbrook III; and John C. Wilcox...