Disposition Authorities for Individual Classifications for Headquarters Case Files. Part B: Classification 69. Contempt of Court.

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Disposition Authorities for Individual Classifications for Headquarters Case Files. Part B: Classification 69. Contempt of Court.

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This classification was established in 1924 as s substitution for an obsolete Department of Justice classification, number 16, Violation of Federal Injunction. At the time classification 69 was established, cases in classification 16 were consolidated into it. Case file number 69-1 is dated September 1924. Files in classification 69 document Bureau investigations (authorized by Title 18, U.S. Code, Sections 401, 402, 3285, 3691, 3692; Title 10, U.S. Code, Section 847; and Rule 42, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedures) of jury tampering; perjury; contemp of court and threats to, intimidation of or assaults on witnesses. Other violations investigated include officers of the court who misbehave in an official transaction or who are derelict in their duties. Investigations may be initiated at the request of a Federal judge, or U.S. Attorney, or another Federal agency.

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