Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1920-03-01

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Mr. Justice Holmes delivered the opinion of the court. This is a writ of error brought to reverse a judgment of the District Court fining the Silverthorne Lumber Company two hundred and fifty dollars for contempt of court and ordering Frederick W. Silverthorne to be imprisoned until he should purge himself of a similar contempt. The contempt in question was a…

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