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PATTERSON v. COLORADO

No. 223.

205 U.S. 454 (1907)

27 S.Ct. 556

51 L.Ed. 879

PATTERSON v. COLORADO Ex rel. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF COLORADO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 15, 1907.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas M. Patterson, pro se, with whom Mr. Henry M. Teller, Mr. Charles S. Thomas, Mr. Sterling B. Toney, Mr. James H. Blood, Mr. Harvey Riddell, Mr. S.W. Belford and Mr. John A. Rush were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. I.B. Melville and Mr. Horace G. Phelps, with whom Mr. William H. Dickson, Attorney General of the State of Colorado, Mr. Samuel H. Thompson, Jr., and Mr. N.C. Miller were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to review a judgment upon an information for contempt. The contempt alleged was the publication of certain articles and a cartoon, which, it was charged, reflected upon the motives and conduct of the Supreme Court of Colorado in cases still pending and were intended to embarrass the court in the impartial...

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