United States v. Ferguson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

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

1. ““It is not unreasonable to believe that Hampton [one of the other jurors] may have had his suspicions aroused that Austin’s statements to him were related to Austin’s excusal from the jury and indicative of a possible attempt by defendants to influence the jury improperly.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sher v. Stoughton · United States v. Pennell

2. “Certainly a showing that the contacted juror was removed from the jury before' he had the opportunity to discuss the case with other members of the panel would be some evidence that no prejudice occurred. Yet it would not so change the inquiry that there should no longer be a presumption of prejudice.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Shapiro

3. “The district judge acted commendably in his attempts to eliminate any possible prejudice so that the trial could proceed. Unfortunately, the matter did not come to the attention of the court until after Austin had already discussed the case with other jurors. By then it was too late.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Pennell