UPPER LAKES SHIPPING v. SEAFARERS' I. UNION


23 Wis.2d 494 (1964)

UPPER LAKES SHIPPING, LTD., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION and others, Defendants: PEARL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

April 28, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Jeknavorian, Ludwig & Shlimovitz of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Garbis C. Jeknavorian.

For the respondent there was a brief by Foley, Sammond & Lardner, attorneys, and Herbert P. Wiedemann and Eugene C. Daly of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Daly.


WILKIE, J.

The first of five issues raised on this appeal is as follows:

1. On the circumstances of this case, should Pearl have been prosecuted for criminal contempt pursuant to the provisions of ch. 256, Stats., rather than civil contempt pursuant to the provisions of ch. 295, Stats.?

For the first time in these proceedings Pearl contended on oral argument here that his alleged contumacious conduct, if established, should have been tried under...

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