Davidson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
May 2016
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on LaGRANGE ETC. v. State · State Ex Rel. Stanton v. Murray · Hopping v. State · Srivastava v. Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, Inc. · In Re the Contempt Hearing of Nasser
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Every person who disturbs the business and proceedings of a court: (1) by creating any noise or confusion; (2) in a court of record; and (3) while the court is open for and engaged in the transaction of business; is considered guilty of a direct contempt of court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The purpose of this power is to enable the court to protect itself against gross violations of decency and decorum.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Thomas v. State
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.