Gilman v. Com.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that contempt powers are “exercised to preserve the power of the court and to vindicate the court’s dignity”
• acknowledging distinctions between direct and indirect contempt and noting that Gilman did not “contest the characterization of her conviction as one of direct contempt”
• acknowledging distinctions between direct and indirect contempt and noting that Gilman did not \contest the characterization of her conviction as one of direct contempt\
• acknowledging distinctions between direct and indirect contempt and noting that Gilman did not “contest the characterization of her conviction as one of direct contempt”
• acknowledging distinctions between direct and indirect contempt and noting that Gilman did not “contest the characterization of her conviction as one of direct contempt”
• “[Summary] contempt adjudications are not ‘criminal prosecutions’ subject to the protections of the Sixth Amendment.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).