What is the test for finding an attorney in contempt of court?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Rosenstock v. Municipal Court, 132 Cal.Rptr. 59, 61 Cal.App.3d 1 (Cal. App. 1976):
Generally under the facts presented by this case, the trial court judge would have full discretion to exercise the court's traditional and inherent powers to punish an attorney for wilful interference with its processes by contempt. (Lyons v. Superior Court (1955) 43 Cal.2d 755, 758, 278 P.2d 681.)
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