Jones v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Civil contempts are those quasi con-tempts which consist in failure to do something which the contemnor is ordered by the court to do for the benefit or advantage of another party to the proceeding before the court, while criminal contempts are all acts in disrespect of the court or its process which obstruct the administration of justice, or tend to bring the court into disrepute.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Levisa Stone Corporation v. Hays

2. ““The purpose of the statute which forbids the practicing of dentistry without a license is not to create a crime but to protect the public and provide for the public welfare, and the injunctive process to prohibit its persistent violation was a proper remedy. Kentucky State Board of Dental Examiners v. Payne, 213 Ky. 382 , 281 S.W. 188 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Karr v. Kentucky State Board of Dental Examiners

3. ““A court shall not impose a fine of more than thirty dollars or imprison for more than thirty hours for contempt without the intervention of a jury.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Miller v. Stephenson