The next year another court upheld Mr. Dellinger's contempt conviction, but declined to impose sentence.

And in March 1952, by a 5-to-3 vote, it sustained the contempt convictions of the lawyers.

After serving the 5 days, she refused to pay the fine and was allowed out on bond to appeal the contempt conviction.

The contempt conviction was speedily reversed, but the underlying libel case was not dismissed until October 1919.

But a three-judge Federal appeals panel in Boston overturned the contempt convictions.

Biberman and his fellow Ten went to jail over their contempt convictions, Biberman for six months.

He also has appealed his contempt conviction to guard against a further jail term.

If Hoffman's contempt conviction had been allowed to stand, Kunstler would have been imprisoned for an unprecedented four years.

So, unless an appeals court reverses last week's contempt conviction, Judy Miller will soon be sent to prison.

The cases were argued again, and the vote was now 5 to 4 to set aside the two contempt convictions as violations of the First Amendment.