Robinson v. Gaines’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
January 1996
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bloom v. Illinois · Taylor v. Hayes · Cheff v. Schnackenberg · Dyke v. Taylor Implement Manufacturing Co. · Pass v. State
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The punishment in a civil contempt is remedial, compelling the doing of something by the contemnor, which, when done, will work his discharge. Civil contempt judgments coerce the contemnor into complying with an order of the court. It is often said that in civil contempt cases, the contemnor has the keys to the jail in his own pocket. See Shiflet v. State, 217 Tenn. 690 , 400 S.W.2d 542 (1966). On the other hand, criminal contempts are punitive in character. These proceedings are to vindicate the authority of the law and the court as an organ of society.- In criminal contempt cases, the contemnor must serve the sentence imposed whether or not he purges himself by complying with the court order. One convicted of criminal contempt does not carry the key to the jail in his pocket. Shiflet v. State, supra.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Storey v. Storey
How this case has been treated — in progress
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