Ex Parte Powell

How courts have described this case

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

• 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 “this doctrine [of contempt] has evolved and developed mainly through the common law, subject of course, to constitutional limits and statutory safeguards”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Cadle Co. v. Lobingier
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2001-06-21· cited 178×
• Ex Parte Gerdes
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2006-01-26· cited 6×
• State v. Ferguson
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2001-03-14· cited 6×
• In Re Sheard
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2003-03-27· cited 3×
• Cadle Co. v. Lobingier
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2000-10-05· cited 3×
• in Re T. Edward Jones
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2005-08-03
• in Re Byron Anthony Sheard
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2003-03-27
• in Re: Roger Gerdes, Jr.
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2006-01-26
• in Re Christopher L. Graham
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2015-10-02
• in Re R. Wayne Johnson, Relator
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2011-10-28
• R. Wayne Johnson v. Kathleen Clark and Majorie Jenkins
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2011-10-28
• in Re State of Texas Ex Rel. David Escamilla, Travis County Attorney
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2017-12-11
• in Re Adam Reposa
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2017-12-11