Woodie v. Campbell

How courts have described this case

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

• stating conduct which hinders the trial court in the administration of justice or which is calculated to lessen the court’s authority or dignity constitutes criminal contempt
• calling judge a “stupid bitch” as defendant walked past counsel table “did not interrupt or hinder the orderly functions of the court, as the trial court had moved on to another hearing”
• “Criminal contempt requires some willful act or omission calculated to hinder the orderly functions of the court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).