· 10/23/1911
Jennings v. Trainor
Citations
- 9 Teiss. 26
- 1911 La. App. LEXIS 123
Syllabus
<p>The term public officer ..in Article 647, Code Of Practice, i.s synonymous with public employment; and all who are engaged in the public service hold public office within the meanmg of said article.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- “[A] court may consider the collateral issue of criminal contempt even after the underlying action is no longer pending.”
- “Civil contempt sanctions are designed for remedial or coercive purposes and are often employed to compel obedience to a court order.”
- “It is well established that where the parties settle the underlying case that gave rise to the civil contempt sanction, the contempt proceeding is moot, since the case has come to an end.”
- “a writ of prohibition prevents an inferior court from exceeding its jurisdiction”
- “a writ of prohibition prevents an inferior court from exceeding its jurisdiction”
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Judges: Ball, Dufour, Takes
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