Von Hake v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
59 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 59 later decisions — most recently June 2024 · most notably Kimball v. Kimball (2009), The Docks Venture, L.L.C. v. Dashing Pacific Group, Ltd. (Slip Opinion) (2014)
59 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 401
Relies on Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co. · Shillitani v. United States · Maggio v. Zeitz · Hicks Ex Rel. Feiock v. Feiock · Terry
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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As a general rule, in order to prove contempt for failure to comply with a court order it must be shown that the person cited for contempt knew what was required, had the ability to comply, and intentionally failed or refused to do so.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“A contempt order is criminal if its purpose is to vindicate the court's authority, as by punishing an individual for disobeying an order, even if the order arises from civil proceedings.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“the person charged be advised of the nature of the action against him [or her), have assistance of counsel, if requested, have the right to confront witnesses, and have the right to offer testimony on his [or her] behalf.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Kimball v. Kimball · Hall v. Hall
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.