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Hughes v. Meade
Citation:
453 S.W.2d 538 (Ky. 1970)Facts
Hughes (Petitioner) filed a petition against Meade (Respondent), who was a Kentucky judge who had issued a contempt ruling against Meade because of his refusal to answer a question as a witness in a criminal trial. Hughes was called as a witness in the criminal trial of a defendant who was charged with the theft of an IBM typewriter. Hughes had facilitated the return of an IBM typewriter to the Lexington Police Department at the request of an unnamed client but refused to disclose the identity of this client, claiming attorney-client privilege. The trial court found Hughes in contempt for failing to identify the client and ordered him to do so. Hughes filed a petition in the Kentucky Supreme Court to prevent the judge from enforcing the contempt order.
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