O'Connor v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

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5 federal appellate · 1 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““There was, however, evidence tending to show that the property which appeared on the land records in the the names of husband and wife had actually been purchased with the defendant’s funds. The persons who negotiated the sales testified that they dealt with the defendant alone, and the settlement sheets made no reference to the wife but indicated that the properties were bought for the account of the defendant. Furthermore the defendant’s income returns for the years 1944 to 1946 showed that his wife had no income during this peri od; and when he took the stand as a witness he made no claim that his wife had contributed to the purchase price. She herself was not produced as a witness. * * * ” 203 F.2d 301, 303 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 167 F. Supp. 870 - United States v. Kleinman

2. “that he would or could have made any other defense than he did present, if the assessment had not been levied”). 4 . Mr. Thomas concedes he is currently unable to pay private counsel. See Def.’s 2d Mot. at 8. 5 . Mr. Thomas makes clear that”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 577 F. Supp. 2d 469 - United States v. Thomas