Epperson v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
490 F.2d 98 · 1973
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
August 1979
most recently cited
14 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · Brasfield v. United States · Stone v. White · Graves v. United States · Wilson 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Counsel is in a precarious position when improper argument is made. If immediate objection is made, the interruption of the argument may only serve to emphasize the improper comments in the minds of the jury. An objection out of the hearing of the jury, unless it secures a mistrial, is subject to the same difficulty. 490 F. 2d at 101 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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