Commonwealth Ex Rel. Wright v. Hendrick’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
2
states following
December 1985
most recently cited
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Powell v. State of Alabama Patterson · Argersinger v. Hamlin · Knaus v. Knaus · In Re Adoption of R. I. · Altemose Construction Co. v. Building & Construction Trades Council
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"(b) Any wilful failure to comply with any order of the court may be deemed a contempt of court and except in counties of the first class may be punishable by the court by commitment to the county jail or house of correction. In counties of the first class, any person who is found, after hearing, to have wilfully failed to comply with any order of the court may be adjudged in contempt of court and may be punished by the court by commitment to the county jail or house of correction until compliance with said order, but in no case for a period exceeding six (6) months, and the court in its order shall state the condition which upon fulfillment will result in the release of such person." Act of July 13, 1953, P.L. 431, § 9 (62 P.S. § 2043.39(b)), as amended.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The $1,000 was not paid and the respondent was committed. In the ensuing habeas corpus hearing it appeared that the respondent was without funds and unable to pay any sum towards the arrearages, that he had been in prison on conviction of an unrelated criminal offense, that he was able and willing to work but had been continuously unemployed since shortly after release from prison, and that he was being supported by his mother.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“There was no testimony from any source to discredit or disprove this testimony.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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