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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 28 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Widman v. Widman.

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1 Widman v. Widman Anchor
scctapp · 2001
green “contempt results from the willful disobedience of a court order, and before a court may find a person in contempt, the record must clearly and specifically reflect the contemptuous conduct.” 13
2 SPARTANBURG CTY. DEPT. SOCIAL SERVICES v. Padgett
sc · 1988
green “done voluntarily and intentionally with the specific intent to do something the law forbids, or with the specific intent to fail to do something the law requires to be done; that is to say, with bad purpose either to disobey or disregard the law.” 9
3 In Re Brown
sc · 1998
green “contempt results from the willful disobedience of a court order, and before a court may find a person in contempt, the record must clearly and specifically reflect the contemptuous conduct.” 3
4 Widman v. Widman
scctapp · 2001
green “before a court may find a person in contempt, the record must clearly and specifically reflect the contemptuous conduct.” 3

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