Harding v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

53 federal appellate · 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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Possession of property recently stolen, if not satisfactorily explained, is ordinarily a circumstance from which the jury may reasonably draw the inference and find, in the light of surrounding circumstances shown by the evidence in the case, that the person in possession knew that the property had been stolen, * * * ””

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

2. ““Contrary to appellant’s contention, this burden was not shifted by the portion of the charge which only permitted, but did not require, the jury to infer from appellant’s possession of the automobile that he had transported it in interstate commerce.” Harding v. United States, 337 F.2d 254 , 257 (8 Cir. 1964).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Brotherton · United States v. Verdoorn

3. “considering the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, there is substantial evidence from which a jury might reasonably find that an accused is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jackson v. Virginia