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IN RE CIVIL CONTEMPT OF CARTON

48 N.J. 9 (1966)

222 A.2d 92

IN THE MATTER OF THE CIVIL CONTEMPT OF JAMES D. CARTON, III, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW (FROM ORDER). IN THE MATTER OF THE CONTEMPT OF JAMES D. CARTON, III (FROM FINDING) (ASSOCIATED FUNDING CO. v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, A CORPORATION).

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 20, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Theodore D. Parsons argued the cause for appellant, James D. Carton, III (Messrs. Carton, Nary, Witt & Arvanitis, attorneys).

Mr. Alan B. Handler, First Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. Evan William Jahos, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief; Mr. Arthur J. Sills, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Mr. Mark F. Hughes, Jr. argued the cause for New Jersey State Bar Association, amicus curiae (Messrs. Adrian M. Foley, Jr., John J. Gibbons, and Daniel Lewis Golden, attorneys).

Mr. John E. Toolan argued the cause for Monmouth County Bar Association, amicus curiae (Messrs. Louis P. Introcaso, Robert Ansell, Robert M. Hanlon, and Norman H. Mesnikoff, attorneys).

Mr. William M. Feinberg argued the cause for Intervenor, The Hudson County Bar Association (Messrs. Feinberg, Dee & Feinberg, attorneys).

The opinion of the court was delivered by WEINTRAUB, C.J.

Appellant refused to sign a pretrial order because he believed it did not set forth fully the position of his clients. Upon his continued refusal to sign, he was adjudged "guilty of contempt," fined $25, and ordered committed to the county jail "until he shall pay * * * the sum so ordered and shall sign the Pretrial Order, unless the Court shall see fit sooner to discharge him." We certified his appeal before...

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