United States v. Burr’s Empirical Analysis
1807
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 5 district · 17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently February 2024 · most notably Dyer v. Calderon (1998), People v. Nesler (1997)
14 federal appellate · 5 district · 17 state decisions
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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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Why is it that the most distant relative of a party cannot serve upon his jury? Certainly the single circumstance of relationship, taken in itself, unconnected with its consequences, would furnish no objection. The real reason of the rule is, that the law suspects the relative of partiality; suspects his mind to be under a bias, which will prevent his fairly hearing and fairly deciding on the testimony which may be offered to him. The end to be obtained is an impartial jury; to secure this end, a man is prohibited from serving on it whose connection with a party is such as to induce a suspicion of partiality.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“'may declare that he feels no prejudice in the case[,] ... the law cautiously incapacitates him from serving on the jury because it suspects prejudice, because in general persons in a similar situation would feel prejudice.' " Haynes, 398 F.2d at 984 (citing United States v. Burr, 25 F. Cas. 49, 50 (C.C.Va.1807) (No. 14,692g)). 34 In the case before us, Judge Preska found that, "even if actual bias was not expressly elicited, ... [Juror No. 7 was] impaired by implied bias.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Is there less reason to suspect him who has prejudged the case, and has deliberately formed and delivered an opinion upon it? ... He will listen with more favor to that testimony which confirms, than to that which would change his opinion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.