292 Ga. App. 875 - Reece v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The contempt remedy is part of the judiciary’s inherent power to enforce its orders. As such, an action for contempt is ancillary to the primary action and is characterized as a motion and not a pleading. Because a contempt action is not a new civil action, many provisions of the Civil Practice Act do not apply, and the Supreme Court of Georgia has consistently held that a party may not file a counterclaim in response to an application for contempt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 322 Ga. App. 869 - Mullins-Leholm v. Evans

2. “These penalties are applicable to each separate act of contempt found by the trial court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 348 Ga. App. 711 - Stardust, 3007, LLC v. City of Brookhaven