Kline v. Blackwell’s Empirical Analysis
63 F.2d 897 · 1933
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
October 1969
most recently cited
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Alford v. United States · Griffin v. Henderson · Railroad Company v. Smith et al. · F. L. Stitt Co., a Corp. v. Powell · McKinnon v. Lewis
Most-quoted passages
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““The effort was in many instances to bring out independent facts which under Florida practice would make the witness become the examiner’s, with no statement of what the witness would say or must have said to speak truly. Without such information plainly given at the time the trial court cannot tell how to rule unless the question very clearly indicates its answer, nor can an appellate court tell whether the suppression of the question was really prejudicial. Should a new trial be ordered to have such questions answered, it might result only in finding out that the witness knew nothing about the matter or would testify the reverse of what the question indicated. Hence the wise rule that reversal will not generally result from the suppression of a question unless its answer appears or direct information is then given of the answer expected. * * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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