A court, or judge at chambers, may summarily punish a person guilty of misbehavior in the presence of or so near the court or judge as to obstruct the administration of justice.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2705.01
Summary punishment for contempt
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 106 Ohio App. 3d 615 - Catholic Social Services v. Howard (1995)
Most recently applied in State v. Morrow (March 2022)
Effective: October 1, 1953; Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.