Davis v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
February 2010
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Burdett v. Commonwealth · Board of Supervisors v. Bazile
Most-quoted passages
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““[T]he substantial difference between a direct and a constructive [indirect] contempt is one of procedure. Where the contempt is committed in the presence of the court, it is competent for it to proceed upon its own knowledge of the facts, and to punish the offender without further proof, and without issue or trial in any form.” (Citations omitted). “In dealing with indirect contempts — that is, such as are committed not in the presence of the court — the offender must be brought before the court by a rule or some other sufficient process; but the power of the court to punish is the same in both cases.” [Burdett’s Case,] 103 Va. [838,] 845-46, 48 S.E. [878,] 880-81 [ (1904) ].”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`[w]here the contempt is committed in the presence of the court, it is competent for it to proceed upon its own knowledge of the facts, and to punish the offender without further proof, and without issue or trial in any form.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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