Babb v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

45 federal appellate · 5 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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The direct reference to defendant’s failure to testify with the accompanying explanation was an invitation to the prosecutor to comment upon the subject and does not demand reversal. United States v. Feinberg, 140 F.2d 592 , 154 A.L.R. 272 (2nd Cir. 1944), cert. denied, 322 U.S. 726 , 64 S.Ct. 943 , 88 L.Ed. 1562 (1944); Baker v. United States, 115 F.2d 533 , 544 (8th Cir. 1940), cert. denied, 312 U.S. 692 , 61 S.Ct. 711 , 85 L.Ed. 1128 (1940); 8 Wigmore, Evidence § 2272 (McNaughton Rev. 1961); see Scanlon v. United States, 223 F.2d 382 (1st Cir. 1955); cf. United States v. Stromberg, 268 F.2d 256 (2nd Cir. 1959), cert. denied [Lessa v. United States], 361 U.S. 863 , 80 S.Ct. 119 , 4 L.Ed.2d 102 (1959).” Babb v. United States, 351 F.2d 863 , 868 (8th Cir. 1965).”

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

2. ““Whoever receives, conceals, stores, barters, sells, or disposes of any motor vehicle or aircraft, moving as, or which is a part of, or which constitutes interstate or foreign commerce, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.””

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