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United States v. Powers’s Empirical Analysis

482 F.2d 941 · 1973

Citation profile

26
cited by 26 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
February 1987
most recently cited

21 federal appellate · 1 district ·

Relationships

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 495

Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Glasser v. United States · Costello v. United States · Ham v. South Carolina · Aldridge 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “For more than four decades, it has been the rule in federal courts that a trial court must inquire as to possible racial bias of the veniremen when the defendant is a member of a racial minority. Aldridge v. United States , 283 U.S. 308 , 51 S.Ct. 470, 75 L.Ed. 1054 (1931).”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “to put the question in any particular form, or to ask any particular number of questions on the subject, simply because requested to do so by petitioner.”
    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.