In re Contempt Order’s Empirical Analysis

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6 federal appellate · 1 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “there is absolutely no indication that [the attorney’s] tardiness ... constituted “misbehavior” that obstructed the administration of justice ... particularly when [the attorney] was ready to proceed with the government’s detention position when requested by the court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Hernandez

2. “`A lawyer's failure to attend court is not a contempt in the presence of the court.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Gates

3. “portend a threat to [the] court's immediate ability to conduct its proceedings”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gardiner v. York