Article: Elizabeth Morgan's Brother Joins Her in Defying Court;Judge Warns He Can Be Jailed for Contempt

The stakes were raised dramatically yesterday in the 21-month test of wills between Elizabeth Morgan and D.C. Superior Court Judge Herbert B. Dixon Jr. when Robert M. Morgan, an assistant U.S. attorney, joined his older sister in open defiance of the court.

Robert Morgan, who testified yesterday after failing to quash a subpoena, refused 26 direct orders from Dixon to answer questions put to him by an attorney for Eric A. Foretich, his sister's former husband. Dixon, reminding Morgan pointedly that he could be jailed for contempt of court, excused him from the courtroom with an admonition to report any change of address or employment.

The younger Morgan's defiance not only put himself at ...

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