Steinbrecher v. Wapnick’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 20 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “no choice but to appear and face questions chosen by his opponent solely for the latter's benefit.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 384 N.J. Super. 154 - Attor v. Attor · Mahne v. Mahne

2. ““* * * when a witness voluntarily testifies, the privilege against self-incrimination is amply respected without need of accepting testimony freed from the antiseptic test of the adversary process. The witness himself, certainly if he is a party, determines the area of disclosure and therefore of inquiry. Such a witness has the choice, after weighing the advantage of the privilege against self-incrimination against the advantage of putting forward his version of the facts and his reliability as a witness, not to testify at all. * * * Petitioner, as a party to the suit, was a voluntary witness. She could not take the stand to testify in her own behalf and also claim the right to be free from cross-examination on matters raised by her own testimony on direct examination.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 10 Ohio App. 3d 277 - Shrader v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

3. “Since the sole purpose of the privilege is to shield a witness against the incriminating effects of his testimony, the courts will not permit its use as a weapon to unfairly prejudice an adversary.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mahne v. Mahne