In re Simard’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
June 1986
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Morris Plan Industrial Bank v. Henderson · Albinak v. Kuhn · Rhodes v. Federal Land Bank · In re Rea Bros. · Albert E. Obrist v. Charles H. Christensen
Most-quoted passages
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““Everyone forms his conclusions from testimony, not only from the words which he hears the witnesses utter but from their appearance when they utter them; and the added weight to be attached to a referee’s finding, or to a judge’s (if he sees the witnesses) depends upon the fact that he has in effect had evidence before him which cold print does not preserve.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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