Muraco v. Pitulski’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
February 2005
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Knaus v. Knaus · In Re Martorano · Barrett v. Barrett · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Beghian v. Beghian · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Wright v. Hendrick
Most-quoted passages
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“... [T]he justification for imprisonment in civil contempt ceases once it becomes apparent that the contemnor lacks the present ability to purge himself and thereby bring himself into compliance with the order; a court should not in effect convert civil proceedings into criminal ones by imposing terms for compliance which are apparently impossible for the contemnor to perform.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the court, in imposing coercive imprisonment for civil contempt, should set conditions for purging the contempt and effecting release from imprisonment with which it is convinced beyond a reasonable doubt, from the totality of the evidence before it, the contemnor has the present ability to comply.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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