United States v. Bartlett’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 federal appellate ·

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. “[A] judge is not a mere moderator, and he has an obligation and duty to question witnesses and comment on the evidence when necessary.... In fact a trial judge may elicit facts not yet adduced or clarify those previously presented and he may maintain the pace of the trial by interrupting and curtailing counsel’s examinations as a matter of discretion.... Only when the judge’s conduct strays from neutrality is a defendant thereby denied a fair trial as required by the Constitution.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Holder · United States v. Jimenez-Diaz

2. “(o)nly when the judge's conduct strays from neutrality is a defendant thereby denied a fair trial as required by the Constitution.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ruiz v. Estelle