12 Cal. 3d 568 - In Re Coleman’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
52 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions — most recently April 2006 · most notably Brown v. Executive 200, Inc. (1980), 19 Cal. 3d 899 - Rose v. Superior Court (1977)
52 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on United States v. White · Lawlor v. Loewe · 2 Cal. 3d 675 - In Re Harrell · 10 Cal. 3d 237 - In Re Buckley · Oil Workers International Union v. Superior Court
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In a contempt proceeding resulting in punitive sanctions..., however, guilt must be established beyond a reasonable doubt. [Citation.] A reviewing court will uphold a contempt judgment only if there is substantial evidence to sustain the jurisdiction of the trial court.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[b]ecause of the penalties imposed, a proceeding to punish an accused for contempt is criminal in nature, and guilt must be established beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.