769 So. 2d 242 - Shepherd v. Shepherd’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
December 2014
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 689 So. 2d 770 - Bredemeier v. Jackson · 564 So. 2d 839 - Cumberland v. Cumberland · 677 So. 2d 740 - Riley v. Doerner · Bailey v. Bailey · 523 So. 2d 79 - Clark v. Myrick
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The objective of civil contempt is to compel obedience to the orders of the court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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