Ex Parte Chambers

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that the involuntary inability to comply with an order is a valid defense that rebuts the willfulness element of contempt liability
• explaining that only the existence of a reasonable, alternative construction prevents the enforcement of the order
• explaining that “[c]ontempt of court is broadly defined as disobedience to or disrespect of a court by acting in opposition to its authority”
• noting that the failure to pay child support constitutes constructive rather than direct contempt
• noting that the failure to pay child support constitutes constructive rather than direct contempt
• requiring order to identify date of each violation found to constitute contempt

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

199 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Villarreal v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-04-29· cited 667×
• In Re Reece
  Texas Supreme Court· 2011-05-27· cited 330×
• In Re Long
  Texas Supreme Court· 1999-01-07· cited 268×
• United States v. John A. Voss, United States of America v. Mitchell S. Beals, United States of America v. Brent L. Beals
  Tenth Circuit· 1996-06-28· cited 187×
• In Re Henry
  Texas Supreme Court· 2005-01-14· cited 157×
• in Re the Office of the Attorney General
  Texas Supreme Court· 2013-03-08· cited 144×
• In re Fitzgerald
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2014-04-30· cited 89×
• Harris County, Texas v. Carmax Auto Superstores Inc
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-05-26· cited 77×
• Ex Parte Acker
  Texas Supreme Court· 1997-07-09· cited 66×
• Ex Parte Rhodes
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-07-01· cited 65×
• In Re Houston
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2002-12-16· cited 62×
• In re Moroun
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2012-02-06· cited 60×
• In Re Guerra
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2007-10-16· cited 56×
• Dunn v. Street
  Texas Supreme Court· 1997-01-31· cited 55×
• in Re David A. Chaumette
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2014-12-23· cited 34×
• Ex Parte Rosser
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1995-06-15· cited 29×
• In Re Wiese
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1999-08-12· cited 28×
• In Re Mott
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2004-05-24· cited 25×
• In Re Lausch
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2005-02-03· cited 23×
• In Re Bielefeld
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2004-08-27· cited 22×

Cites

42 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Shillitani v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-06· cited 1,344×
• Castleberry v. Branscum
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-07-02· cited 593×
• Regal Knitwear Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  Supreme Court· 1945-01-29· cited 448×
• Wilson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1911-04-15· cited 431×
• Leyendecker & Associates, Inc. v. Wechter
  Texas Supreme Court· 1984-12-05· cited 363×
• Ex Parte Gordon
  Texas Supreme Court· 1979-04-04· cited 320×
• Ex Parte Slavin
  Texas Supreme Court· 1967-03-01· cited 264×
• Ex Parte Werblud
  Texas Supreme Court· 1976-06-09· cited 243×
• Ex Parte Barnett
  Texas Supreme Court· 1980-05-14· cited 241×
• United States v. Aleksandrs v. Laurins
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-09-08· cited 217×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,322 Securities and Exchange Commission v. First Financial Group of Texas, Inc., William H. Howton
  First Circuit· 1981-10-21· cited 200×
• Ex Parte Rohleder
  Texas Supreme Court· 1967-12-13· cited 174×
• Bender v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1980-05-21· cited 155×
• Ex Parte Helms
  Texas Supreme Court· 1953-06-17· cited 142×
• Waffenschmidt v. Mackay
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-06-21· cited 129×
• Deramus v. Thornton
  Texas Supreme Court· 1960-02-24· cited 122×
• San Antonio Bar Ass'n v. Guardian Abstract & Title Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1956-04-18· cited 107×
• Ex Parte Hall
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-04-07· cited 105×
• Securities and Exchange Commission v. Amx, International, Inc., William B. Clark
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-11-12· cited 104×
• In the Matter of Hipp, Inc., Debtor. David Oles
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-10-21· cited 87×

Other cases named Ex Parte Chambers

14 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Ex Parte Chambers
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-12-05· cited 79×
• Ex Parte Chambers
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1987-11-06· cited 69×
• Ex Parte Chambers
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1980-05-02· cited 18×
• Ex Parte Chambers
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-03-04· cited 15×
• Ex parte Chambers
  California Supreme Court· 1889-08-27· cited 12×
• Ex Parte Chambers
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1978-12-01· cited 8×
• Ex Parte Chambers
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1921-10-29· cited 2×
• Ex parte Chambers
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1932-03-02· cited 1×
• Ex parte Chambers
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1975-07-23· cited 1×
• Ex parte Chambers
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1977-12-02· cited 1×
• Ex parte Chambers
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2016-11-10
• Ex parte Chambers
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2017-11-09
• Ex parte Chambers
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2017-11-09
• Ex parte Chambers
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2017-12-13