Bryant v. Bryant’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
83 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 83 later decisions — most recently May 2025 · most notably CFM of Connecticut, Inc. v. Chowdhury (1996), Tomasso Bros. v. October Twenty-Four, Inc. (1994)
83 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 Air Line Pilots Ass'n v. Landry · State v. Curcio · Hackler v. Langenkamp · Vose v. Cross · Tobey v. Tobey
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 83 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A finding of indirect civil contempt must be established by `sufficient proof' that is premised on competent evidence presented to the trial court and based on sworn testimony. . . . A trial-like hearing should be held if issues of fact are disputed. (Citations omitted; CT Page 5563 emphasis added.) Bunche v. Bunche , 36 Conn. App. 322 , 324 , 650 A.2d 917 (1994). Due process of law requires that one charged with contempt of court be advised of the charges against him, have a reasonable opportunity to meet them by way of defense or explanation, have the right to be represented by counsel, and have a chance to testify and call other witnesses in his behalf, either by way of defense or explanation. . . . Because the inability of [a party] to obey an order of the court, without fault on his part, is a good defense to a charge of contempt . . . the [party] had the right to demonstrate that his failure to comply with the order of the trial court was excusable. (Citations omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.) Bryant v. Bryant, 228 Conn. 630 , 637 , 637 A.2d 1111 (1994).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[w]hen the conduct underlying the alleged contempt does not occur in the presence of the court, a contempt finding `must be established by sufficient proof that is premised upon competent evidence presented to the trial court in accordance with the rules of procedure as in ordinary cases.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“(1) where the order or action terminates a separate and distinct proceeding, or (2) where the order or action so concludes the rights of the parties that further proceedings cannot affect them.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.