...scheme did not constitute a contempt unless, like the misrepresentation itself, it was "misbehavior" in the "presence" of the court or "so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice." No such showing has been made here and none has been attempted. The...

..."misbehavior" involving factual issues as to the nature of the petitioner's conduct and whether it occurred in the "presence" of the court or "so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice."* Cf. Ex parte Savin, 131 US 267; Ex parte Cuddy, 131 US 280; Nye v....

...middle Tennessee. An act restricting the power of Courts to punish for contempt to cases of misbehavior in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, and to the wilful misbehavior of the officers in their official transactions,...

...for contempt of court, shall not be construed to extend to any cases except the misbehaviour of any person in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice; and the misbehaviour of any of the officers of the said courts in their...

...punishments for contempt of courts, shall not extend to any cases except to the misbehaviour of any person in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice; and the misbehaviour of any of the officers of the said courts in their...

...limits the power of the Circuit and Distriet Courts of the United States to three classes of eatm: 1st, where there has been misbehavior of a person in the presence of the eonrt*,. or so near thereto as In obstruct the administration of justice ; 3d, wherethere baa been...

...the federal courts in punishing for contempts. Those courte can punish only in cases of misbehavior in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice; misbehavior of officers of the courts in their official transactions;...

...well as contemptuous, but adds: "This section shall not be construed to relate to contempts committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, nor to contempts committed in disobedience of any lawful writ, process,...

...Declaratory of the Law Concerning Contempts of Courts," limits the power of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States to three classes of cases : 1....Where there has been misbehavior of any officer of the courts In hie official transactions; and 3. Where there has been disobedience or resistance by any...

...Sts. . which authorizes the infliction by US conns of summary punishment for contempts when committed "in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to obstruct the admiaistntioo of justice," it has been held that disorderly conduct at or near the entrance of...