United States v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 federal appellate · 15 district · 3 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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The approval of a commissioner’s account by a circuit court of the United States under the act of February 22, 1875 ( 18 Stat. 333 ), is prima facie evidence of the correctness of the items of that account, and, in the absence of clear and unequivocal proof' of a mistake on the part of the court, it should be conclusive.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Taylor v. United States · United States v. McGourin

2. “for issuing any warrant . . . the same .compensation as- is. allowed to clerks for like services;”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Ewing · United States v. Patterson

3. ““The decision of a commissioner of the circuit court upon a motion for bail and the sufficiency thereof ⅜ ⅞ * are judicial acts, on the hearing and deciding of criminal charge, within the meaning of Rev. St. § 847, providing for per diem compensation.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McGourin v. United States