Deutch v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

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50 federal appellate · 7 district · 21 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 118 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “' “ ‘In fulfillment of their obligation under this statute, the courts must accord to the defendants every right which is guaranteed to defendants in all other criminal cases.’ [Watkins v. United States, 354 U.S. 178 , 208, 77 S.Ct. 1173 , 1 L.Ed.2d 1273 (1957).] ‘One of the rightful boasts of Western civilization is that the [prosecution] has the burden of establishing guilt solely on the basis of evidence produced in court and under circumstances assuring an accused all the safeguards of a fair procedure.’ Irvin v. Dowd, 366 U.S. 717 , 729, [ 81 S.Ct. 1639 , 1646, 6 L.Ed.2d 751 ] (concurring opinion). Among these is the presumption of the defendant’s innocence. Sinclair v. United States, 279 U.S. [263], at 296-297, [ 49 S.Ct. 268 , 73 L.Ed. 692 ]; Flaxer v. United States, 358 U.S. [147] at 151, [ 79 S.Ct. 191 , 3 L. Ed.2d 183 ].” (Emphasis ours.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stump v. Bennett

2. “The ... pertinency issue stems from the prosecution’s duty at the trial to prove that the questions propounded by the congressional committee were in fact “pertinent to the question under inquiry” by the committee.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 693 F. Supp. 828 - United States v. Taylor

3. “the Government at the trial failed to carry its burden of proving the pertinence of the questions.”

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