...which limited punishable contempt to disobedience to any judicial process or decree and to misbehavior in the presence of the court, "or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice." 9 The purpose of the last clause was to get rid of a doctrine of the...

...was committed, provided that this requirement shall not be construed to apply to contempts committed in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to interfere directly with the administration of justice or to apply to the misbehavior, misconduct, or...

...$1,000 or imprisoned for more than six months. This section shall not apply to contempts committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, nor to the misbehavior, misconduct, or disobedience of any officer of...

...punishment.. . is contemplated"). The criminal contempt section of S. 1400 punishes one who "misbehaves in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice." The counterpart section of S. l prohibits "misconduct" in the same...

...$1,000 or imprisoned for more than six months. This section shall not apply to contempts committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, nor to the misbehavior, misconduct, or disobedience of any officer of...

...punishment * * * is contemplated" ). The criminal contempt section of S. l punishes one who "misbehaves in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice." The statute does not offer any further guide to judicial discretion....

...cases. However, notice the following provisions: This section shall not apply to contempts committed in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to interfere directly with the administration of justice nor to the misbehavior, misconduct, or disobedience,...

...$1,000 or imprisoned for more than six months. This section shall not apply to contempts committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, nor to the misbehavior, misconduct, or disobedience of any officer of...

...$1,000 or imprisoned for more than six months. This section shall not apply to contempts committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, nor to the misbehavior, misconduct, or disobedience of any officer of...

...1842. 2. A federal statute passed in 1831 defined contempt of court very narrowly as “any misbehavior in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration ofjustice.” It was not contempt, in other words, if it did not impede the court...