Jones v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[A]ny party judged to be a civil contemnor must be afforded the opportunity to show a present inability to purge the contempt”
• A showing that the failure to comply with the court order “was not an act of willful or contumacious non-compliance” is a defense in a civil contempt action
• a defendant in a civil contempt proceeding, if incarceration is sought, is entitled to the right to be represented by counsel and is entitled to appointed counsel if indigent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Sickler v. Sickler
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2016-05-13· cited 180×
• Long v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2002-09-17· cited 48×
• Rawlings v. Rawlings
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-02-05· cited 40×
• In Re Blessen H.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2006-05-11· cited 26×
• Dodson v. Dodson
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2004-04-05· cited 23×
• Zetty v. Piatt
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-07-16· cited 23×
• Fisher v. McCrary Crescent City, LLC
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-06-08· cited 18×
• State v. Crawford
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2018-10-31· cited 10×
• In Re Blessen H.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2005-06-30· cited 6×
• Redden v. Department of Social Services
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2001-06-13· cited 6×
• Kowalczyk v. Bresler
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2016-12-02· cited 6×
• Bradford v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2011-06-01· cited 4×
• Stevens v. Tokuda
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2014-02-25· cited 4×
• (2001)
  Maryland Attorney General Reports· 2001-08-03
• (1998)
  Maryland Attorney General Reports· 1998-11-24
• Breona C. v. Rodney D.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2021-11-19
• Dept. of Health v. Myers
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2024-02-29
• Sayed A. v. Susan A.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-03-28
• Md. Dept. of Health v. Boulden
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-06-03

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Johnson v. Zerbst
  Supreme Court· 1938-05-31· cited 10,545×
• United States v. Dixon
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 2,221×
• Shillitani v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-06· cited 1,344×
• International Union, United Mine Workers v. Bagwell
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-30· cited 1,242×
• Hicks Ex Rel. Feiock v. Feiock
  Supreme Court· 1988-04-27· cited 861×
• In re Nevitt
  Eighth Circuit· 1902-08-28· cited 325×
• Bowen v. Bowen
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-06-20· cited 319×
• State v. Roll and Scholl
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1973-01-17· cited 117×
• Rutherford v. Katzenberger
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-08-05· cited 92×
• McCabe v. McCabe
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1956-06-15· cited 38×
• Middleton v. Middleton
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-03-16· cited 36×
• Johnson v. Johnson
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1966-02-15· cited 34×
• McDaniel v. McDaniel
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1970-02-10· cited 30×
• Hersch v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-09-07· cited 30×
• Lynch v. Lynch
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-06-10· cited 28×
• Elzey v. Elzey
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1981-10-08· cited 26×
• Speckler v. Speckler
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1970-02-05· cited 25×
• Schwartzman v. Schwartzman
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-10-01· cited 21×
• Herd v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1977-09-14· cited 16×
• Soldano v. Soldano
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1970-05-08· cited 13×