State v. Driscoll’s Empirical Analysis
1935
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
February 1994
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Kaiser · State v. Downing · State v. Stillwell · State v. Brownell · State v. Jones
Most-quoted passages
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“"Contempt may be classified as direct or indirect, and as criminal or civil; a direct contempt is such as is offered in the presence of the court while sitting judicially; and an indirect or, as it is sometimes called, a constructive contempt, is such as tends by its operation, though not committed in court, to obstruct and embarrass or prevent the due administration of justice * * *." 151 Or at 367 . (Citations omitted; emphasis supplied.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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