Ex Parte Chambers’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 63 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions — most recently July 2021 · most notably United States v. Voss (1996), In Re Long (1999)
2 federal appellate · 63 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin))
Relationships
Relies on Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co. · Shillitani v. United States · Wilson v. United States · United Transportation Union v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority · Japan Whaling Ass'n v. American Cetacean Society
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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he involuntary inability to comply with an order is a valid defense to criminal contempt.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“For a person to be held in contempt for disobeying a court decree, the decree must spell out the details of compliance in clear, specific and unambiguous terms so that such person will readily know exactly what duties or obligations are imposed upon him. Interpretation of the provisions of the court order in question should not rest upon implication or conjecture. The allegedly contemptuous acts must be directly contrary to the express terms of the court order.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. In Re Aslam“A criminal contempt conviction for disobedience to a court order requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt of: (1) a reasonably specific order; (2) a violation of the order; and (3) the willful intent to violate the order.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Ryan
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.