217 So. 2d 591 - Harper v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"* * * Section 905.17 provides only that violators may be found in contempt; it does not constitute a mandate for conviction. This is consistent with the common law which recognizes that, in matters of this kind, the power to punish for contempt is designed for the protection of the court and the application for such punishment is addressed to the court's discretion. Orr, for Use and Benefit of Walton v. Orr, 1939, 141 Fla. 112 , 192 So. 466 . "* * * "* * * The general test as to whether the act in question constituted contempt depends upon the nature and reasonable tendencies of the matter complained of to directly affect the administration of justice. * * *"”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Spencer v. Spencer

2. “when given its ordinary meaning denotes a permissive term rather than the mandatory connotation of the word”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 833 So. 2d 734 - The Florida Bar v. Trazenfeld