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4 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 19 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 Gilliland v. Gilliland.

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1 Gilliland v. Gilliland Anchor
missctapp · 2008
green “a chancellor has substantial discretion in deciding contempt matters because of the chancellor's temporal and visual proximity to the litigants.” 7
2 Gilliland v. Gilliland
missctapp · 2008
green “whether a party is in contempt is a question of fact to be decided on a case-by-case basis.” 5
3 Ellis v. Ellis
missctapp · 2003
green “the only defenses to a contempt violation include an inability to comply with the court order or that the court order was unclear.” 4
4 Ellis v. Ellis
missctapp · 2003
green “the mississippi supreme court has consistently held that the inquiry in a contempt proceeding is limited to whether or not the order was violated, whether or not it was possible to carry out the order of the court, and if it was possible, whether or not such violation was an int…” 3

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