Meyers v. Petrie

How courts have described this case

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

• this Court reviewed a penalty of 181 days’ incarceration for contempt under the abuse of discretion standard
• “When a court seeks to coerce or compel a course of action, the appropriate sanction is civil contempt. However, when a court seeks to punish conduct that has already occurred or to vindicate its authority, the appropriate sanction is criminal contempt.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Buddenberg v. Buddenberg
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2010-02-05· cited 23×
• Crowder v. Rearden
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2009-10-09· cited 17×
• Cary v. Pulaski County Fiscal Court
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2013-06-07· cited 15×
• Kentucky River Community Care, Inc. v. Stallard
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2008-12-19· cited 5×
• Delahanty v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Maze
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2009-07-31· cited 4×
• Lanham v. Lanham
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2011-02-25· cited 4×
• Morris v. Morris
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2016-08-19· cited 1×
• James T. Jameson v. Judicial Conduct Commission
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2024-08-22
• 2026 Ca Admin - Non-Confidential Opinion - 003
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2026-03-13

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. English
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1999-06-17· cited 1,274×
• Tobkin v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-02-14· cited 26×
• United States v. Clement v. Conole, Charles E. Anable, Richard C. Conole, Bridwell W. Lincoln, William J. Callahan and Alva M. Meyers
  Third Circuit· 1966-08-26· cited 20×
• Smith v. City of Loyall
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1986-01-17· cited 20×
• Miller v. Vettiner
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1972-05-12· cited 16×
• Newsome v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2001-01-05· cited 15×
• A.W. v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-03-17· cited 11×
• Marcum v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1938-02-04· cited 9×
• Gutierrez v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-05-19· cited 5×