United States v. Bohanec’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 31 U.S.C. § 5314 · 31 U.S.C. § 5321
Relies on Grogan v. Garner · Herman & MacLean v. Huddleston · Ratzlaf et Ux United States · Safeco Insurance Co. of America v. Burr · Fargo v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Most-quoted passages
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“[B]ecause the preponderance-of-the-evidence standard results in a roughly equal allocation of the risk of error between litigants, we presume that this standard is applicable in civil actions between private litigants unless particularly important individual interests or rights are at stake.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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