In Re Johnson

How courts have described this case

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

• conduct punishable by summary punishment under subsection I of section 23 of the Act of 1836 need not be in the presence of the court
• conduct punishable by summary punishment under subsection I of section 23 of the Act of 1836 need not be in the presence of the court
• attorney not in contempt when improper remarks during closing argument did not delay or disrupt trial
• attorney not in contempt when improper remarks during closing argument did not disrupt or delay trial
• must affect the process of trial in some way such as actual prejudice to a party
• de-fense attorney’s improper remarks during closing argument which required judge to stop twice and give instructions did not obstruct justice

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Commonwealth v. Garrison
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-05-05· cited 99×
• Commonwealth v. Marcone
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-02-01· cited 87×
• Crozer-Chester Medical Center v. Moran
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-06-09· cited 48×
• In Re Crane
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-01-07· cited 43×
• Marian Shop, Inc. v. Baird
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-01-08· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. Rubright
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-05-02· cited 36×
• Baugh v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-05-05· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Stevenson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 33×
• Williams v. Williams
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-07-08· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Krasner
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-03-06· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Trolene
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-02-09· cited 26×
• In Interest of Tasseing H.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-10-10· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Falkenhan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-11-15· cited 24×
• Property Owners v. Pleasant Valley School District
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-09-15· cited 16×
• In Re Cogan
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-05-31· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Cameron
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-07-08· cited 13×
• Vito v. Vito
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-12-13· cited 12×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Falwell v. Di Giacinto
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-01-27· cited 12×
• In Re James
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-17· cited 10×
• In re November, 1975 Special Investigating Grand Jury
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-28· cited 10×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mullaney v. Wilbur
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-09· cited 3,396×
• Herring v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 1,330×
• Mayberry v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 1971-01-20· cited 732×
• Craig v. Harney
  Supreme Court· 1947-10-15· cited 697×
• Nye v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1941-04-14· cited 357×
• Office of the Disciplinary Counsel v. Campbell
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 99×
• Commonwealth v. PATTERSON
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-07-02· cited 62×
• Schlesinger Petition
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1951-06-07· cited 57×
• Levine Contempt Case
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1953-02-14· cited 49×
• In the Matter of Shigon
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 44×
• McLaughlin v. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-11-26· cited 36×
• Mayberry Appeal
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1969-04-23· cited 21×
• Tenenbaum v. Caplan
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-09-19· cited 17×
• In re the Rule upon Scouten
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1898-05-26· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Cherry
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-04-07· cited 5×