Wyatt v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

111 federal appellate · 11 district · 22 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 178 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As the legislative history discloses, the [Mann] Act reflects the supposition that the women with whom it sought to deal often had no independent will of their own, and embodies, in effect, the view that they must be protected against themselves.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. United States v. Sabatino · United States v. Madden

2. “"Applying the legislative judgment underlying the Act, we are led to hold it not an allowable choice for a prostituted witness-wife `voluntarily' to decide to protect her husband by declining to testify against him." Id. at 530 , 80 S.Ct. at 905 (Mr. Justice Harlan for the majority).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. United States v. Nelms · Doe v. Norton

3. “"That this decision is uniquely legislative and not judicial is demonstrated by the fact that, both in England and in this country, changes in the common-law privilege have been wrought primarily by legislatures." Id. at 535 , 80 S.Ct. at 907 (dissenting opinion of Mr. Chief Justice Warren) (footnote omitted).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Doe v. Norton