Whitehead v. Bond’s Empirical Analysis
680 F.3d 919 · 2012
Citation profile
16 federal appellate ·
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on United States v. Tilmon · Kraushaar v. Flanigan · United States v. Humphries · United States v. Jackson · United States v. McEntire
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“had 'a substantial and injurious effect or influence on the jury's verdict.' " United States v. Redditt , 381 F.3d 597 , 601 (7th Cir. 2004) (quoting United States v. Woods , 301 F.3d 556 , 562 (7th Cir. 2002) ). Evidentiary errors meet this standard "only when a significant chance exists that they affected the outcome of the trial.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“only if the record shows that the jury's verdict resulted in a miscarriage of justice or where the verdict, on the record, cries out to be overturned or shocks our conscience.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The district court, however, cannot grant a new trial just because it believes the jury got it wrong.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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