...of five to two, two justices not participating, that § 268 of Federal Judicial Code providing that "the said courts (United States courts) shall have...their authority : Provided, that such power to punish for contempt shall not be construed to extend to any cases except the misbehavior of any person in...

...authority, are none the lees superior courts of general jurisdiction, because the statute declares that such power to punish contempts "shall not be construed" to extend to any cases except misbehavior in the presence of the court, misbehavior so near thereto as to. obstruct the administration...

...the United States to issue attachments and inflict summary punishments for contempts of court, shall not be construed to extend to any cases except the misbehavior of any person or persons in the presence of the said courts, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration...

...courts shall have the power to punish contempts of their authority, provided that such power shall not be construed to extend to any cases, except the...their presence, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, confers no power not already granted, and imposes no limitations not...

...courts shall have the power to punish contempts of their authority, provided that such power shall not be construed to extend to any cases, except the...their presence, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, confers no power not already granted, and imposes no limitations not...

...jurisdiction it said: The said courts shall have power to impose and administer all necessary oaths, and to punish, by fine or imprisonment at the discretion of the court, contempts of their authority. Maybe it was inherent, but it was expressly granted also by the judiciary act. As early as 1831, more...

...statute whii'h provides that the power of judges of United States Courts to punish for contempt *' shall not be construed to extend to any cases except the...their presence, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice." The Supreme Court holds that this means that it is not necessary to...

...March 2, 1831 (4 Stat. 487). The Act of 1789 (1 Stat. 73, 83) provided that courts of the United States “shall have 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.” Abuses arose, 11...

...March 2, 1831 (4 Stat. 487). The Act of 1789 (1 Stat. 73, 83) provided that courts of the United States "shall have 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." Abuses arose, 11...

...petitioner's conviction will help to focus the issues. The Grand 1 Section 268 provides in part that the "power to punish contempts shall not be construed...their presence, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, . . . and the disobedience or resistance by any . . . witness, or other...