In re McDonald’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[I]n cases of indirect or constructive criminal contempt, "where the trial judge has substantial personal involvement in the prosecution, the accused contemnor must be tried by another judge." ... [E]xamples of "substantial personal involvement in the prosecution" warranting recusal include cases where the trial judge acts as a "one-man grand jury;" where the trial judge is "instrumental in the initiation of the constructive-contempt proceedings;" and where the trial judge "acts as prosecutor and judge."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. The Mississippi Department of Mental Health v. Lamar County, Mississippi

2. “[c]riminal-contempt defendants are entitled to notice under Mississippi Rule of Civil Procedure 81(d), which requires service of process.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. The Mississippi Department of Mental Health v. Lamar County, Mississippi

3. “the determination should focus on the character of the sanction itself and not the intent of the court imposing the sanction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. The Mississippi Department of Mental Health v. Lamar County, Mississippi