Sheppard v. Maxwell’s Empirical Analysis
346 F.2d 707 · 1965
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2018 · most notably Sheppard v. Maxwell (1966), People v. Jacobson (1965)
23 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions
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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Gideon v. Wainwright · Kotteakos v. United States · Townsend v. Sain · Fay v. Noia · Irvin v. Dowd
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“There are many circumstances in which testimony need not be accepted even though formally uncontradicted,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Murder and mystery, society, sex and suspense were combined in this case in such a manner as to intrigue and captivate the public fancy to a degree perhaps unparalleled in recent annals. Throughout the preindictment investigation, the subsequent legal skirmishes and the nine-week trial, circulation-conscious editors catered to the insatiable interest of the American public in the bizarre. ... In this atmosphere of a ‘Roman holiday’ for the news media, Sam Sheppard stood trial for his life.” 165 Ohio St., at 294.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““The theory of our system is that the conclusions to be reached in a case will be induced only by evidence and argument in open court, and not by any outside influence, whether of private talk or public print.””
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.