In Re Gates

How courts have described this case

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

• \[C]ourts of common pleas possess inherent power to appoint special prosecutors in criminal matters.” (quoting State ex rel. Master v. Cleveland
• holding that mere tardiness, like failure to appear, does not occur “in the actual presence of the court” and therefore is not subject to summary punishment (internal quotation marks omitted)
• concluding that a remand “would serve no purpose” where the record was “devoid of evidence” that the defense attorney willfully failed to appear on time for plea hearing or failed to appear on other occasions
• concluding that a remand “would serve no purpose” where the record was “devoid of evidence” that the defense attorney willfully failed to appear on time for plea hearing or failed to appear on other occasions
• finding the failure to provide notice of contempt charges was error “of the most fundamental kind” and “[n]otice of criminal charges and an opportunity to respond” are “bedrock principles” that caused the court to “correct the error”
• “[M]ere tardiness or absence at a scheduled court appearance is not a direct contempt subject to summary disposition under Rule 42(b).”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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  Fourth Circuit· 2012-10-23· cited 12×
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  Seventh Circuit· 2013-10-03
• In Re Joseph A. Hurley
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• United States v. Connie Jamerson
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Cites

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

• Mathews v. Eldridge
  Supreme Court· 1976-02-24· cited 16,859×
• United States v. Olano
  Supreme Court· 1993-04-26· cited 16,571×
• Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.
  Supreme Court· 1950-06-05· cited 10,395×
• Puckett v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2009-03-25· cited 5,608×
• Rose v. Clark
  Supreme Court· 1986-07-02· cited 2,431×
• United States v. Dominguez Benitez
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-14· cited 2,402×
• In Re Oliver
  Supreme Court· 1948-03-08· cited 2,065×
• International Union, United Mine Workers v. Bagwell
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-30· cited 1,242×
• Bloom v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-20· cited 1,167×
• Cooke v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1925-04-13· cited 880×
• Young v. United States Ex Rel. Vuitton Et Fils S. A.
  Supreme Court· 1987-05-26· cited 815×
• Taylor v. Hayes
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-26· cited 663×
• United States v. Karl v. David
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-05-06· cited 175×
• United States v. Whitt Neal
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-11-27· cited 85×
• In Re Nicholas R. Allis
  Ninth Circuit· 1976-05-13· cited 46×
• United States v. Jonathan Scott Baldwin, in Re Steven Jackson, Esquire
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-09-17· cited 38×
• United States v. Allen
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-10-28· cited 31×
• United States v. Cassius Hawkins
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-02-15· cited 30×
• United States v. Richard B. Marx
  Fourth Circuit· 1977-04-28· cited 29×
• United States v. Larry R. Linney
  Fourth Circuit· 1998-01-20· cited 28×