Hellman v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
339 F.2d 36 · 1964
Citation profile
28 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently February 2007 · most notably Moore v. United States (1979), Moody v. United States (1967)
28 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Rosenberg · Gomila v. United States · United States v. Aaron · Kowalsky 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“THE COURT: Did you pay your income tax for each of those years? 27 "THE WITNESS: From the New York office, yes. 28 "THE COURT: You paid by check? 29 "THE WITNESS: No, I didn't pay it myself. 30 "THE COURT: You swear your brother paid the income tax returns for those years for you? 31 "THE WITNESS: Yes, sir. 32 "THE COURT: And your sister? 33 "THE WITNESS: Yes, sir. 34 "THE COURT: Mind you, you are under oath, and you are swearing that you know that they were paid by him. 35 "THE WITNESS: Yes, and I have proof in writing to show that, too, sir. 36 "THE COURT: The income tax people have proof whether you paid it or not. 37 "THE WITNESS: I showed this to them, sir. They saw that. I wasn't trying to hide anything. 38 "THE COURT: You are sure you are telling the truth? 39 "THE WITNESS: Yes, sir. 40 "THE COURT: It is a very serious penalty if you are not.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““While the trial judge in a criminal case must be abundantly careful to refrain from becoming an advocate for the Government or from indicating a dislike or disbelief of any witness, particularly the defendant, he also has the prerogative — often the duty — to insure that the facts are accurately brought out.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the clear showing of prejudice which is necessary to establish an abuse of the trial judge's discretion in examining the defendant”
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.