In Re Abrams’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
1 district · 22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently March 2026 · most notably Wallace v. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (1998), State v. Boykin (2013)
1 district · 22 state decisions
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Relationships
Applies 2 U.S.C. § 192
Relies on Ex parte Garland · Wall · Hawker v. People of New York · United States v. Klein · Boyd v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“Suppose that an alcoholic surgeon performs an operation while intoxicated. He botches the surgery. The patient dies. The surgeon is convicted of manslaughter and is sentenced to imprisonment. The President grants him a full and unconditional pardon. According to Abrams, the surgeon now has the right, as a result of the pardon, to continue to operate on other patients, without any interference from the medical licensing authorities.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Sang Man Shin v. State · In Re Shin“[t]he presidential pardon would undoubtedly have precluded a sanction based on Abrams' conviction, and Abrams did not, in any event, commit such a crime [ i.e., one involving moral turpitude].”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Borders · In re Ezrin“The pardon removes all legal punishment for the offence. Therefore if the mere conviction involves certain disqualifications which would not follow from the commission of the crime without conviction, the pardon removes such disqualifications. On the other hand, if character is a necessary qualification and the commission of a crime would disqualify even though there had been no criminal prosecution for the crime, the fact that the criminal has been convicted and pardoned does not make him any more eligible.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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