Edward John Walker v. Ray McLain Sheriff of Lincoln County, Oklahoma

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• collecting pre-Turner cases holding that a civil contemnor had a due process right to counsel
• “[D]ue process does require, at a minimum, that an indigent defendant threatened with incarceration for civil contempt for nonsupport . . . be appointed counsel to assist him in his defense.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).