James A. Heron v. William J. Heron’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate ·

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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The trial judge in a federal court is not a mere presiding officer. It is his function to conduct the trial in an orderly way with a view to eliciting the truth, and to attaining justice between the parties. It is his duty to see that the issues are not obscured, that the trial is conducted in a proper manner, and that the testimony is not misunderstood by the jury, to check counsel in any effort to obtain an undue advantage or to distort the evidence, and to curtail an unnecessarily long and tedious or iterative examination or cross-examination of witnesses.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Byce v. American Honda Motor Co. · United States v. Michael Budzanoski, in No. 71-2030, and John Seddon. Appeal of John Seddon, No. 71-2031

2. “[i]t is his duty to see that the issues are not obscured and that the testimony is not misunderstood.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Michael Budzanoski, in No. 71-2030, and John Seddon. Appeal of John Seddon, No. 71-2031