California Court of Appeal

When a judge, who directly witnesses offending behavior, refers a contempt hearing to another judge, it is a case of indirect contempt and not a case of direct contempt because the other judge did not witness the behavior.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/31/2001
• Published 07/31/2001

Judges

• SIMS, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Petitioner in propria persona.


• For Appellees:
  
• Frank J. DeMarco, County Counsel, William P. Stanley, Assistant County Counsel, Donald R. Langford, Deputy County Counsel, Mary Frances McHugh, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent.