Nicholson v. Layton’s Empirical Analysis
747 F.2d 1225 · 1984
Citation profile
9 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Benjamin v. United States · Streeter v. United States · United States Parole Commission v. Geraghty · City of St. Louis v. Thomas W. Garland, Inc. · United States v. Long
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When the party introduces the prior conviction on direct examination, he denies the other party the ability to forego introducing such evidence and denies the district court the ability to review the probity of the prior conviction in light of the specific facts developed at trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wilson v. Williams
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.