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Keep Your Comments To Yourself.
A woman's decision to write an offensive comment on
her check when she paid a parking ticket has proven costly: She had to pay
an additional $100 fine for contempt of court.
Eva Sas made an anatomical reference in the memo portion of the $22 check
she mailed to the New Brunswick (N.J.) Municipal Court. She received the
contempt summons last month after the city's chief judge refused to accept
her check.
"Maybe what I did was a bit immature or disrespectful, but it's my right,
and it's not illegal," Sas said.
A 1999 directive from the state judiciary, which oversees municipal
courts, prohibits judges from penalizing citizens for writing obscene
comments. Court officials would not comment on why the order was not
followed in this case.
Sas, a Rutgers University student, initially planned to appeal but instead
paid the fine last month -- in cash.
Source: CourtTV.com, "Woman pays second fine for writing obscene comment
on check ," June 11, 2003.
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