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Memo Casper to Mohr a ae —- _ | Re: Contempt of Court , \ ' Offutt was decided after Sacher, and thus may be thought to overrule ~ }Sacher, but a reputable source says "The majority opinion in the OffuttCase did not ‘overrule the Sacher Case... (citations only); it expressly stated that the Court would tnot retrace the ground so recently covered' in the Sacher Case. ’ This indicates that ‘the two cases may be distinguishable upon the facts involved in that in the OffuttCase , (the contempt was ‘entangled with the judge's personal feeling against the lawyer’ to a } 3 much greater extent than in the Sacher Case, where the contempt was merel ‘person: ‘to the judge.’ Annotation; Contempt-Summary Power, 3 Lawyers' Eaition4t 55. RECOMMENDATION; re oo None. For the Director's information. 7 NOTE: A suggested letter to Judge Tamm is attached should the Director wish to use it, . De eye v i. nr rer te grt SER A Be a Samet : —