In re Perkins’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 7 district ·

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1. ““The power to punish for contempts is inherent in all courts. Its existence is essential to the preservation of order in judicial proceedings, and to the enforcement of the judgments, orders, and writs of tho courts, and consequently to the due administration of justice. The moment the courts of the United States were called into existence and invested with jurisdiction over any subject they became possessed of this power. But the power has been limited and defined by the act of Congress of March 2, 1833. Tho act in terms applies to all courts. Whether it can be held to limit the authority of ihe Supremo Court, which derives its existence and powers from the Constitution, may perhaps be a matter of doubt. But that it applies to the Circuit and District Courts there can be no question. These courts were created by act of Congress. Their powers and duties depend upon the act calling ihem into existence, or subsequent acts extending or limiting their jurisdiction. Tho act of 1831 is therefore to them the law specifying the cases In which summary punishment for contempts may be inflicted.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Tom Wah

2. ““The question of whether a party answering a charge of contempt, whether by rule or otherwise, was guilty of a willful contempt, or has properly purged himself thereof, is a question for the court in the exercise of a sound discretion.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kirk v. United States ex rel. Todd