State v. Eckert

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming an order denying the plaintiffs motion to adjudge the defendant in contempt for allegedly violating the terms of a preliminary injunction
• there must be clear proof of a violation of an injunction in order to adjudge a person in contempt of the decree embodying the injunction
• “The general rule is that to be enforceable by a contempt proceeding, an injunction must be clear and certain, and its terms must be sufficiently detailed to enable one reading the injunc-tive order to understand therefrom what he may not do thereunder.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Rustigian v. Celona
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1984-06-20· cited 79×
• State v. John
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2005-09-16· cited 42×
• Trahan v. Trahan
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1983-02-02· cited 32×
• Nocera v. Lembo
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1979-02-07· cited 18×
• Ecodyne Corp. v. Croll-Reynolds Engineering Co.
  D. Connecticut· 1979-12-28· cited 15×
• Cranston Teachers Ass'n v. School Committee of Cranston
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1980-07-08· cited 5×
• City of Providence v. Doe
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2011-06-17· cited 2×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McComb v. Jacksonville Paper Co.
  Supreme Court· 1949-02-14· cited 1,180×
• Pasadena City Board of Education v. Spangler
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-28· cited 457×
• Butler v. Thomson
  Supreme Court· 1876-04-24· cited 68×
• United States v. Christie Industries, Inc. Edwin C. Christie. Appeal of Edwin C. Christie
  Third Circuit· 1972-08-03· cited 66×
• Raheb v. Lemenski
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1976-01-27· cited 60×
• State of Rhode Island v. Piedmont Funding Corp.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1978-02-15· cited 40×
• Pukas v. Pukas
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1968-11-01· cited 31×
• Rosenstiel v. Rosenstiel
  S.D. New York· 1967-12-14· cited 26×
• Funk v. Franklin Life Insurance Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1968-03-27· cited 20×
• Sunbeam Corporation v. Ross-Simons, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1957-07-24· cited 19×
• Miller v. Mutual Benefit Health & Acc. Ass'n of Omaha
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1966-06-27· cited 17×
• School Committee v. Pawtucket Teachers' Alliance, Local No. 930
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1976-11-09· cited 14×
• Amf Incorporated v. International Fiberglass Company, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1972-11-13· cited 9×
• Bruegger v. National Old Line Insurance Company
  D. Wyoming· 1975-01-31· cited 8×
• American Bankers Insurance Company v. Farley
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1966-05-20· cited 8×
• Ambrosino v. Bevilacqua
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1977-06-09· cited 6×
• Folk v. Standard Business Forms, Inc.
  W.D. North Carolina· 1967-06-16· cited 6×
• Feder v. Bankers Nat. Life Ins. Co.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1968-04-25· cited 4×
• Movers Conference of America v. United States
  S.D. California· 1966-01-03· cited 3×