United States v. Rispoli’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 federal appellate · 3 district ·

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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““offense in question was essentially within the spirit of the long-established rule that allows her to testify in protection or in vindication of her right to be secure in her person against threat or assault, even by her husband.””

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

2. ““We are of tbe opinion that tbe personal injury to tbe wife wbicb permits tbe admission of ber testimony against ber husband within tbe exception recognized by tbe common law * s * is not confined to cases of personal violence, but may include cases involving a tort against tbe wife or a serious moral wrong inflicted upon ber, and that in a case of tbe prosecution of a man fop bringing his wife from one state to another with intent that she shall practice prostitution in violation of the White Slave Act, his act in so doing is such a personal injury to her as to entitle her to testify against him.””

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