United States v. Gramolini’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “* * * to grant it would injure the administration of criminal justice by rendering every presently pending indictment before me dismissable. However, the United States Attorney is hereby on notice that every indictment handed down subsequent to the effective date of this decision is vulnerable if grand jury proceedings in obtaining those indictments are not transcribed or otherwise equally effectively recorded. 301 F.Supp. at 42 .”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Dallago · United States v. Arrabondo

2. ““In no way does recordation inhibit the grand jury’s investigation. True, recordation restrains certain prosecutorial practices which might, in its absence be used, but that is no reason not to record.” 301 F.Supp. at 41 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 439 F. Supp. 1198 - In Re the Miscellaneous Grand Jury Investigation of Truax

3. “[n]o court has yet held that the failure to keep Grand Jury minutes may be a basis for the dismissal of the indictment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Harper