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In the aftermath of the Second World War, and against the backdrop of a city which had been the center of collaboration, but more importantly of “collaborationism,” the Court of Justice of Paris judged some 8,000 individuals and sentenced two-thirds of them to various punishments. This article shall establish the socio-professional statuses of the individuals affected by this purge, outline a chronology of events, and examine the range of sentences handed down, as well as the justifications for the latter. The article will posit that this system reflected the priorities of the French people as well as those of the main actors of the purge. Similarly, it appears that the most severe punishments were reserved for military collaborators, especially those who helped Nazi law enforcement services, ahead of informants, those who persecuted Jews, or those engaged in economic collaboration.