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UNGAR v. SARAFITE

No. 167.

376 U.S. 575 (1964)

84 S.Ct. 841

11 L.Ed.2d 921

UNGAR v. SARAFITE, JUDGE OF THE COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS OF THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 30, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Osmond K. Fraenkel and Emanuel Redfield argued the cause for appellant. Mr. Redfield also filed briefs for appellant.

H. Richard Uviller argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief was Frank S. Hogan.

Osmond K. Fraenkel filed a brief for the New York Civil Liberties Union, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellant, Ungar, was adjudged guilty of criminal contempt for his conduct as a witness in a state criminal trial in a hearing presided over by the judge before whom the contempt occurred at trial. The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction, 12 N.Y.2d 1013, 1104, 189 N.E.2d 629, 190 N.E.2d 539, and we noted probable jurisdiction to consider whether the procedures...

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