93 Mass. App. Ct. 361 - Smith v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
January 2023
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Turnpike Motors, Inc. v. Newbury Group, Inc. · Schuler v. Schuler · Birchall · Chin v. Merriot · Pierce v. Pierce
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To prove civil contempt a plaintiff must show two elements: there must be (1) clear disobedience of (2) a clear and unequivocal command.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“be supported by clear and convincing evidence.”
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.