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IN RE AYERS

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123 U.S. 443 (1887)

8 S.Ct. 164

31 L.Ed. 216

IN RE AYERS. IN RE SCOTT. IN RE McCABE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 5, 1887.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Roscoe Conkling and Mr. J. Randolph Tucker for petitioners. Mr. C.V. Meredith and Mr. W.W. Gordon were with them on their brief.

Mr. C.V. Meredith filed a separate brief for petitioners.

Mr. D.H. Chamberlain and Mr. William L. Royall, opposing.

Mr. Royall also filed a separate brief, opposing.

MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

It is established by the decisions of this court, that while "the exercise of the power of punishment for contempt of their orders, by courts of general jurisdiction, is not subject to review by writ of error or appeal to this court," yet, when "a court of the United States undertakes, by its process of contempt, to punish a man for refusing to comply with an order which that court had...

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