Colter v. Einbinder’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 901 · 33 U.S.C. § 923
Relies on Scott Paper Co. v. McAllister Lighterage Line, Inc. · Bostic v. United States · Sanford v. United States · Kitchen v. United States · Clawans v. District of Columbia
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““No person shall be incompetent to testify, in either civil or criminal proceedings, by reason of his having been convicted of crime, but such fact may be given in evidence to affect Ms credit as a witness, either upon the cross-examination of the witness or by evidence aliunde; and the party cross-examining him shall not be concluded by his answers as to such matters. * * * [Emphasis added.]””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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