Trahan v. Trahan

How courts have described this case

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

• purpose of allowing civil contempt is to enforce compliance with court orders and decrees
• consent order is essentially a contract between parties to litigation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

25 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Wilkinson v. State Crime Laboratory Commission
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2002-01-31· cited 127×
• State v. Lead Industries, Ass'n, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2008-07-01· cited 77×
• Durfee v. Ocean State Steel, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1994-01-26· cited 40×
• Now Courier, LLC v. Better Carrier Corp.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2009-03-06· cited 34×
• Direct Action for Rights & Equality v. Gannon
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2003-04-10· cited 31×
• In Re McBurney Law Services, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2002-05-21· cited 29×
• McEntee v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2004-12-09· cited 29×
• Nardone v. Ritacco
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2007-12-03· cited 22×
• Waters v. Magee
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2005-07-12· cited 17×
• Boyajian v. DeFusco (In Re Giorgio)
  D. Rhode Island· 1986-07-02· cited 15×
• Zannini v. Downing Corp.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1997-11-10· cited 13×
• In Re Court Order Dated October 22, 2003
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2005-07-19· cited 12×
• Biron v. Falardeau
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2002-05-31· cited 9×
• Vanderheiden v. MARANDOLA
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2010-05-05· cited 8×
• State of Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management v. Administrative Adjudication Division
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2012-12-06· cited 7×
• Commonwealth ex rel. Fisher v. Phillip Morris, Inc.
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-08-09· cited 5×
• State v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1991-11-25· cited 2×
• Valerie L. Bremer v. William G. Bremer
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2015-05-29
• Toegemann v. Rich
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2010-05-26
• Dipaolo v. Marques
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2010-11-09

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. United Mine Workers of America
  Supreme Court· 1947-03-06· cited 2,872×
• McComb v. Jacksonville Paper Co.
  Supreme Court· 1949-02-14· cited 1,180×
• United States of America Ex Rel. Shell Oil Company v. Barco Corporation and John Barakat
  Eighth Circuit· 1970-08-13· cited 48×
• United States Ex Rel. Wilhelm v. Chain
  Supreme Court· 1937-02-01· cited 27×
• Flicker v. Chenitz
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1959-04-21· cited 26×
• Palmigiano v. Garrahy
  D. Rhode Island· 1978-03-28· cited 24×
• School Committee v. Pawtucket Teachers Alliance, Local No. 930
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1966-07-25· cited 23×
• Nelson v. Progressive Realty Corp.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1954-04-14· cited 23×
• Silva v. Silva
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1979-08-14· cited 23×
• Gazale v. Gazale
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-01-12· cited 18×
• United States v. McAndrew
  E.D. Virginia· 1979-11-21· cited 17×
• Corning Glass Works v. SEABOARD SURETY COMPANY
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1973-08-16· cited 17×
• Menard v. Woonsocket Teachers' Guild-Aft 951
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1976-10-08· cited 17×
• Lippman v. Kay
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1980-06-06· cited 12×
• Burka v. Patrick
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1976-12-08· cited 9×
• United States v. Harry A. Schafer
  Ninth Circuit· 1979-05-23· cited 7×
• State v. Eckert
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1978-07-27· cited 7×
• Cranston Teachers Ass'n v. School Committee of Cranston
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1980-07-08· cited 5×
• Town of Lincoln v. Cournoyer
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1972-05-10· cited 3×
• United States v. American Society of Civil Engineers
  S.D. New York· 1977-08-04· cited 2×