...by Acts of Congress. The Judiciary Act of September 24, 1789, chap. 20, § 17, invests them with " power to punish by fine or imprisonment, at the discretion of said courts, all contempts of au'hority in any cause or hearing before the same." 1 Slat, at L. 83. By an Act of Congress of March...

...courts was enacted as § 17 of the Judiciary Act of 1789, 1 Stat. 73, 83. It stated that federal courts "shall have power to ... punish by fine or imprisonment,...authority in any cause or hearing before the same . . . ." The generality of this language suggests that § 17 was intended to do no more than expressly...

...than one year. Section 17 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 confirmed the power of federal courts ". . . to punish by fine or imprisonment, at the discretion of said courts . . ." certain contempts. The Act of 1831 simply referred to the power to "inflict summary punishments,"...

...than one year. Section 17 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 confirmed the power of federal courts ". . . to punish by fine or imprisonment, at the discretion of said courts . . ." certain contempts. The Act of 1831 simply referred to the power to "inflict summary punishments,"...

...trivial. Indeed, the short answer to this contention is the Judiciary Act of 1789 which provided that the courts of the United States shall have power to...authority in any cause or hearing before the same." 10 It will be remembered that this legislation was enacted by men familiar with the new Constitution....

...to their merits. I. The First Congress in the Judiciary Act of 1789 conferred on federal courts the power "to punish by fine or imprisonment, at the discretion...authority in any cause or hearing before the same . . . ." 1 Stat. 83. It is undisputed that this Act gave federal courts the discretionary power to...

...States — shall have power to administer all necessary oaths or affirmations, and to punish by fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of said courts, all contempts of authority in any cause or bearing before the same. Upon the one hand, the contention was that the Federal courts were of limited...

...controlling Anglo-American law for contempt by the press. Our Judiciary Act of 1789 gave Federal courts "the power * * * to punish by fine or imprisonment at the...discretion of said courts all contempts of authority in any case or hearing before same * * *." This impliedly included whatever the contempt power was in the...

...controlling Anglo-American law for contempt by the press. Our Judiciary Act of 1789 gave Federal courts "the power * • * to punish by fine or Imprisonment at...discretion of said courts all contempts of authority in any case or hearing before same * * *." This impliedly included whatever the contempt power was In the...

...controlling Anglo-American law for contempt by the press. Our Judiciary Act of 1789 gave Federal courts "the power * • * to punish by fine or imprisonment at...discretion of said courts all contempts of authority in any case or hearing before same * * *." This impliedly included whatever the contempt power was in the...