Lessard v. Dickson’s Empirical Analysis
394 F.2d 88 · 1968
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
June 1976
most recently cited
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Mapp v. Ohio · Townsend v. Sain · Escobedo v. Illinois · Fay v. Noia
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“could hardly be regarded as being able to have much force against the inexorable array of incriminating circumstances with which (the defendant) was surrounded.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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