United States v. Knox’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A statement is not hearsay if the declar-ant testifies at the trial or hearing and is subject to cross-examination concerning the statement and the statement is (1) inconsistent with the declarant's testimony, and was given under oath subject to the penalty of perjury at a trial, hearing, or other proceeding....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Blunt v. United States · United States of America v. Anjel Torrez-Ortega

2. “ ‘affirm the rulings of the lower court on any ground that finds support in the record, even where the lower court reached its conclusions from a different or even erroneous course of reasoning.’ ”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Ledford · Abuan v. Level 3 Communications, Inc.

3. “`[W]e should hardly be warranted in reversing for the admission of evidence simply because the judge did not place his ruling on the ground that would most readily have supported it'.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Ledford · Abuan v. Level 3 Communications, Inc.