Phillips v. Brown

How courts have described this case

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

• “It is axiomatic that an action for contempt is ancillary to the primary action and, as such, is not a pleading but a motion.”
• error to allow DHR to institute new civil action to enforce by contempt a temporary order in a pending civil action
• error to allow DHR to institute new civil action to enforce by contempt a temporary order in a pending civil action

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Brown v. King
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-07-01· cited 35×
• Killingsworth v. Killingsworth
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-23· cited 24×
• Carden v. Carden
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-03-08· cited 11×
• Parker v. Eason
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-03-06· cited 6×
• Harris v. U. S. Development Corp.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-07-15· cited 5×
• Gowins v. Gary
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-03-20· cited 4×
• Christopher H. Cowart v. Georgia Power Company
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-04-03
• CHRISTOPHER H. COWART D/B/A COWART TREE EXPERTS v. GEORGIA POWER COMPANY
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-01-14
• Christopher H. Cowart v. Georgia Power Company
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-02-20

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hines v. Hines
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-09-29· cited 26×
• Opatut v. Guest Pond Club, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-03-15· cited 21×
• Bearden v. Bearden
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-03-08· cited 1×