Dodson v. Dodson’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
28 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. United Mine Workers of America · Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co. · Samuel Gompers v. Buck's Stove & Range Company · First National Bank in Plant City v. Dickinson · State v. Roll and Scholl
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A civil contempt proceeding is intended to preserve and enforce the rights of private parties to a suit and to compel obedience [to] orders and decrees primarily made to benefit such parties. The proceedings are generally remedial in nature and are intended to coerce future compliance. Thus, a penalty in a civil contempt must provide for purging.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“has the present ability to comply with the earlier order or with the purging provision.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Although we have repeatedly stated that the sanction in civil contempt actions is "remedial," our opinions have explained that "remedial" in this context means to coerce compliance with court orders for the benefit of a private party or to issue ancillary orders for the purpose of facilitating compliance or encouraging a greater degree of compliance with court orders. We have not used the term "remedial" to mean a sanction, such as a penalty or compensation, where compliance with a prior court order is no longer possible or feasible.”
1 later decision 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.