American Home Assurance Company v. American President Lines Ltd’s Empirical Analysis
44 F.3d 774 · 1994
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · McDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v. Greenwood · Lewis v. United States · Neal v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. · Schnell v. The Vallescura
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Appellant] argues that, in determining the probative value of [a] conviction, we should consider how critical [the witness’s] credibility was to their case. This argument misconstrues the yardstick by which probative value is measured. Probative value is determined by how likely the evidence is to prove some fact, not how important proof of that fact is to the proponent’s case. Accordingly, the probative value of [the witness’s] credibility is measured by how well it demonstrates his lack of trustworthiness, not how badly [the Appellant] wishes to impeach him.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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