Ballard v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
388 F.2d 607 · 1968
Citation profile
23
cited by 23 later decisions
1
states following
February 1972
most recently cited
15 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2313 · 18 U.S.C. § 751
Relies on Stapf v. United States · Dunn v. United States · Bryans v. Blackwell · Walker 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Wherever it is possible, as a matter of mechanical calculation, that credit could have been given, we will conclusively presume it was given.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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