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Powers v. Russell’s Empirical Analysis

1832

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
June 1994
most recently cited

1 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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  1. “The party whose case requires the proof of that fact, has all along the burden of proof. It does not shift, though the weight in either scale may at times preponderate.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

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