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5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 18 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 Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co..

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1 Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co. Anchor
scotus · 1967
green “in a civil contempt action occasioned by willful disobedience of a court order an award of attorney's fees may be authorized as part of the fine to be levied on the defendant.” 5
2 Smith v. Scalia
dcd · 2014
green “an opportunity to address an issue in briefing counts as notice and an opportunity to be heard.” 4
3 Smith v. Scalia
dcd · 2014
green “constitutes an unwarranted burden on 'the orderly and expeditious administration of justice.” 4
4 Caldwell v. Obama
dcd · 2013
green “the requisite finding of harassment or vexatiousness does not rest solely on some arbitrary threshold number of lawsuits filed but rather must also take account of the repetitiveness and nature of the claims” 3
5 American Rivers v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
dcd · 2003
green “a civil contempt action is characterized as remedial in nature, used to obtain compliance with a court order or to compensate for damages sustained as a result from noncompliance.” 2

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