Werntz v. Looney’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A prisoner may be taken from custody of one sovereign, with its consent, to be'tried in courts of another without loss of right to possession of prisoner.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Goforth v. Raines · In Re the Habeas Corpus of Yoder

2. ““That the defendant be placed on probation, under the supervision of the United States Probation Officer for the District of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, for a period of Five (5) Tears, under the following conditions: “1) That he immediately and directly return to his home in Bakersfield, California, and live with his wife there; “2) That he stay out of all trouble with the law, particularly that he not become involved in the issuance, passing or making of bad checks of any kind; “3) That be make an effort to be admitted for treatment at the Veterans Hospital at Sawtelle, California; “4) That he pay back to the Clerk of the U. S. District Court, Salt Lake City, Utah, the money advanced to him by the United States Marshal for the District of Utah for travel and subsistence to Bakersfield, California. “5) IT IS ORDERED that supervision of probation be transferred to the U. S. Probation Officer for the Southern District of California, at Los Angeles, California.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 172 F. Supp. 765 - United States v. Merriman

3. ““It was within the power of the federal court in the first instance to sentence this petitioner and to provide that the sentence should be served concurrently or consecutively with other sentences including those which were previously imposed by other courts. United States v. Tacoma, 2 Cir., 199 F.2d 482 ; Zerbst v. Walker, 10 Cir., 67 F.2d 667 . No contention is made that the petitioner is not being given credit for the time which he served in the state prison. It is apparent from the record that petitioner has not served the federal court sentence. * * ” (Emphasis supplied.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Hough