15 N.J. Super. 492 - State v. Chaffman’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently August 1974
8 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 People v. Elbert · Lief v. Lief · Nussbaum v. Hetzer · 138 N.J. Eq. 302 - Strong v. Strong
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In any proceeding for contempt not committed in the actual presence of the court, the contemner must be fairly informed, in advance of the hearing, of the essential facts constituting the contempt charged ( Rule 3:80-2), and no valid judgment can be entered which adjudges the contemner guilty of contempt for any violation not included in the contempt charged.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The main purpose of the statute ( R.S. 2:121-2 to 7, N.J.S.A. ) is to provide for destitute wives and children of husbands who desert or neglect or refuse to support and maintain them.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“If a fine be imposed, the court may direct the same to be paid in whole or in part to the wife, or to the guardian, custodian or trustee of said minor child or children.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.