United States v. Powers’s Empirical Analysis
482 F.2d 941 · 1973
Citation profile
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.
“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“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
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