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...officials have found the law difficult to enforce. New York prosecutors first won a court injunction against Collegiate Research Systems Inc., the target of last week's raid, in 1978. Company President John Magee, 29, responded with a series of time-consuming legal appeals; he drew a contempt of court citation and did not pay his fine...
...initial police and press reaction to the arrest drew criticism from some British legal experts mindful of the country's rigid contempt laws, which limit pretrial publicity. While Establishment dailies such as the London Times and the Guardian cautiously avoided any reference to the Ripper in reporting the story, other newspapers, including the Daily Mail and the Daily Express, did not hesitate to underscore the suspected connection for their readers. Britain's Solicitor General, Sir Ian Percival, in a general warning to the nation's editors, intimated that they might be liable to prosecution if their stories...
...enroll the girls. To make sure the principal got the message, Lee sent the trio to school accompanied by four state troopers. The federal judge issued an order banishing the troopers. Lee countered by escorting the girls himself for the next two days. But the Justice Department sought a contempt of court ruling against Lee, and even the Buckeye Three stopped showing up at school. This week is expected to bring a dramatic face-off between Lee and Scott over the contempt motion-in Scott's courtroom...
This week's hearing probably will result in a simple choice for Lee: fall in line or continue to risk a fine of up to $1,000 a day. The contempt papers also name a constable who assisted Lee as an escort, Waites, the school superintendent, the parents and the friends who took custody of the three girls...
...point, Feloni threatened to charge the protesters with contempt of court after they giggled at a court clerk who repeatedly mispronounced their names...