In Re Ryan’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
April 2018
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In Re Ryan · Swisher v. United States · Johnson v. United States · Matter of Thompson · Smith v. United States
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To establish criminal contempt, the government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant willfully disobeyed a court order, causing an obstruction of the orderly administration of justice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In order to convict an individual for criminal contempt it is necessary to find beyond a reasonable doubt that the individual committed a volitional act that constitutes contempt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“determine whether the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the government, was such that a reasonable [factfinder] could find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.