United States v. Boyer’s Empirical Analysis
150 F.2d 595 · 1945
Citation profile
47 federal appellate · 22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions — most recently December 2018 · most notably Shimon v. United States (1965), 33 Ill. 2d 103 - Freeman v. Chicago Transit Authority (1965)
47 federal appellate · 22 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Bracey v. United States · Bostic v. United States · Lamoureux v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad · Donnelly v. Donnelly · Clarke v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co.
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Whether the witness is or is not a defendant, if the opposing party introduces his previous convictions we think the witness should be allowed to make such reasonably brief protestations on his own behalf as he may feel able to make with a due regard to the penalties of perjury.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"Just where to draw the line, in order to avoid both unfairness to the witness and confusion of issues, is a question which must frequently arise. The correct rule in such cases, we think, is to recognize a wide discretion in the trial judge. He observes the conduct of counsel, the reaction of the witness under examination, and the resulting effect upon the jury. In other words, he is aware as no appellate court can be of the courtroom psychology and can best determine whether particular testimony should or should not be received."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. McLean“which he may wish to make. The second alternative will seldom be materially more confusing or time-consuming than the first, if the trial judge duly exercises his”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.