Concha v. Sanchez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 state decisions

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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Criminal contempt proceedings are instituted to punish completed acts of disobedience that have threatened the authority and dignity of the court and are appropriate even after the contemnor is no longer acting contemptuously.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Ex Rel. Children, Youth & Families Dep't v. Mercer-Smith · Tue Thi Tran v. Bennett

2. “Because the purpose of [this type of] civil contempt sanction[ ] is to compel compliance with the court's orders and not to punish, the continuing contempt sanctions end when the contemnor complies.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Ex Rel. Children, Youth & Families Dep't v. Mercer-Smith · Tue Thi Tran v. Bennett

3. “Coercive sanctions may include fines, imprisonment, or other sanctions designed to compel the contemnor to comply in the future with an order of the court.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Ex Rel. Children, Youth & Families Dep't v. Mercer-Smith · Tue Thi Tran v. Bennett