instant action
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 403 U.S. 212 - Johnson v. Mississippi · 1971Most cited · 401 citing opinions
summary contempt
Instant action may be necessary where the misbehavior is in the presence of the judge and is known to him, and where immediate corrective steps are needed to restore order and maintain the dignity and authority of the court.
How often courts cite the case defining “instant action”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “instant action” — 401 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.