LeBlanc v. Spector’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 33
Relies on Kastigar v. United States · Hoffman v. United States · Counselman v. Hitchcock · Zicarelli v. New Jersey State Commission of Investigation · Mason 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any admission made by a party under this Rule is for the purpose of the pending action only and is not an admission by him for any other purpose nor may it be used against him in any other proceeding. [Emphasis added.]”
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.