The United States of America v. Alvin A. Schultz’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate ·

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

1. “The [first] illustration used by the court was unfortunate and prejudicial. In fact, in the charge to the jury the court termed it 'inept.'... The second illustration was very little improvement on the first. It is likely the court's remarks made a dramatic impression on the jury. ... We think the illustrations used by the court were prejudicially erroneous.”

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

2. “'[S]uppose a man were charged with committing a robbery, and then the next day he want [sic] and took the money back, every cent of it. He might still be found guilty in such an instance, even though he returned every cent of it.'”

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

3. “'It would be more proper probably to say, suppose I were to go over to Peacock's somewhere and slip my hand in, and got a big diamond ring and took it home and then, after thinking it over, the next day I took it back.'”

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