Clark v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
273 F.2d 68 · 1959
Citation profile
11 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Kercheval v. United States · Reserve Life Insurance v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co. · United States v. Gallagher · American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. v. United States · Davilman v. United States
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We are of the opinion that the sufficiency of the evidence to support appellant’s sentence cannot be challenged by a motion to vacate under Sec. 2255. A motion to vacate can not be used as a substitute for an appeal. (Citing cases.) “We cannot now inquire into whether the Government’s evidence was sufficient to prove the commission of the alleged offense. Appellant by his voluntary plea of guilty, admitted all of the facts well pleaded in the indictment. Such issues cannot be raised later by a motion to vacate sentence. (Citing cases.)””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.