Sullivan v. Fogg’s Empirical Analysis
613 F.2d 465 · 1980
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2019 · most notably Tanner v. United States (1987), United States v. Aimone (1983)
11 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Irvin v. Dowd · Remmer v. United States · Mattox v. United States · McDonald v. Pless · County of Los Angeles v. Chavez-Salido
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.
“Due process requires that jurors be sane and competent during trial.... Once a preliminary showing of incompetence or juror misconduct has been made there is a corresponding right to an inquiry into the relevant surrounding circumstances.... Where the allegations involve considerations internal to the jury deliberation process, such as juror insanity, this court has required strong evidence that it is likely that the juror suffered from such incompetence before ordering a post-verdict inquiry.... This high threshold is intended to avoid post-verdict harassment of jurors, preserve the finality of judgments, discourage meritless applications for post-verdict hearings, and reduce the likelihood of and temptation for jury tampering.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In Dioguardi , unlike this case, there was no evidence that the alleged feelings of clairvoyance and other psychic phenomena exhibited by the juror after trial were present during trial . In addition, the evidence in [ Dioguardi ] consisted of a letter written by the juror to the defendant. Here the juror's own statements indicated that the delusions occurred during trial, and there was ample justification for ordering a further inquiry.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(Internal quotation marks omitted.) Id., at 466 . The juror was brought before the trial court for questioning to determine whether he had been competent during the trial. Id. The juror presented testimony suggesting that he had experienced delusions or paranoid sensations during the trial and that he had heard”
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.