Miecinski v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that summary contempt procedure violated due process because, although “[a]ppellant defied a clear order directed to him personally by the court, ... it does not appear that it was necessary for the court to order immediate incarceration”
• contempt under Section 401(1) for refusal to step forward in court when ordered by judge without warning that failure to obey might result in criminal contempt not reversible error
• \immediate punishment is essential to prevent 'demoralization of the court's authority' \

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