73 Ohio App. 3d 306 - In Re Purola’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
126 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 126 later decisions — most recently May 2025 · most notably 113 Ohio App. 3d 708 - Carroll v. Detty (1996), 123 Ohio App. 3d 550 - Burchett v. Miller (1997)
126 state decisions
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Relationships
Relies on C. E. Morris Co. v. Foley Construction Co. · In re Oliver · Brown v. Executive 200, Inc. · Denovchek v. Board of Trumbull County Commissioners · 56 Ohio St. 2d 35 - State v. Johnson
Most-quoted passages
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“[c]ontempt is further classified as civil or criminal depending on the character and purpose of the contempt sanctions.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“However, the person who seeks to establish the defense of impossibility bears the burden of satisfying the court that his failure to obey was due to his inability to render obedience.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[A] person charged with contempt for a violation of a court order may defend by proving that it was not within his power to obey the order.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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