Sullivan v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
May 1989
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Holt v. Commonwealth of Virginia · Dancy v. Owens · Fulreader v. State · Best v. Evans · 31 Okla. Crim. 397 - Ex Parte Dawes
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The law is well settled by prior decisions of this Court that proceedings for direct contempt are neither civil nor criminal in character but are sui generis ... ."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““In no case shall a penalty or punishment be imposed for contempt, until an opportunity to be heard is given.””
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.