Higginbotham v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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• contempt statute provides discretionary, not mandatory, authority because it provides that a judge “may” punish summarily for contempt

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Estate of Hackler v. Hackler
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-09-21· cited 128×
• Scialdone v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-02-25· cited 65×
• Gilman v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2008-02-29· cited 37×
• Priscilla Sherrie Parham v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-07-31· cited 25×
• Fisher v. Salute
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-02-26· cited 13×
• Austin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-12-23· cited 13×
• Scialdone v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-04-29· cited 9×
• State ex rel. Robinson v. Hartenbach
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1988-07-26· cited 5×
• Dequan Shakeith Sapp v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-05-22· cited 4×
• Edwards Jones, s/k/a Edward S. Jones v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-01-13
• Barry R. Taylor v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-01-13
• Rachel Virk v. Gary L. Clements
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-08-13
• Orndoff v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2025-09-25
• Heather Ford, Sometimes Known as Heather D'Anne Ford v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-09-30

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ex Parte Terry
  Supreme Court· 1888-11-12· cited 567×
• Sacher v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1952-04-21· cited 462×
• Carter v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1899-03-16· cited 91×
• Middlebrook v. State
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1876-01-15· cited 54×
• Levine Contempt Case
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1953-02-14· cited 49×
• Hallinan v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1950-07-13· cited 47×
• A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi v. Isbrandtsen Co.
  Supreme Court· 1952-03-10· cited 24×
• Board of Supervisors v. Bazile
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-03-15· cited 23×
• French v. Town of Clintwood Ex Rel. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1962-06-11· cited 13×
• George E. Shibley v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1956-10-15· cited 8×
• Union Properties, Inc. v. Brennan
  Supreme Court· 1956-11-19· cited 8×
• Hallinan v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1951-06-04· cited 5×
• United States v. Thomas
  Supreme Court· 1952-04-21· cited 1×
• Shibley v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1956-10-15· cited 1×