Matter of Klecan

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that “[d]irect contempts are contemptuous acts committed in the presence of the court, while indirect, or constructive contempts, are such acts committed outside the presence of the court”
• setting out the requirements for summary punishment of 4 direct contempt
• summary contempt inappropriate where the attorney did not have prior warning, an opportunity to explain, and a hearing

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).