Mead v. Batchlor

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[w]here a court’s adverse judgment may have collateral legal consequences for a defendant, the issue is not necessarily moot”
• all finding a federal constitutional right to counsel for indigents facing imprisonment in a child sup port civil contempt proceeding
• all finding a federal constitutional right to counsel for indigents [564 U.S. 439] facing imprisonment in a child support civil contempt proceeding
• “Clearly, it was intended that the Michigan statutory procedure authorizing incarceration for child nonsupport should be regarded as civil in nature.”
• “It is axiomatic that the liberty interest of every citizen—the right to personal, physical freedom—is of paramount importance under the constitution.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).