United States v. Padelford’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 federal appellate · 14 district · 18 state decisions

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 107 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “of whatever offence against the laws of the United States he had committed . . . and relieved [him] from any penalty which he might have incurred.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Abrams · United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians

2. “Under the proclamation [the pardon] and the act, the government is a trustee, holding the proceeds of the petitioner’s property for his benefit; and having been fully reimbursed for all expenses incurred in that character, loses nothing by the judgment, which simply awards to the petitioner what is his own.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re North · In Re Oliver L. North (Clair E. George Fee Application)

3. “If, in other respects, the petitioner made the proof which, under the act, entitled. him to a decree for the proceeds of his property, the law makes, the proof of pardon a complete substitute for proof that he gave no aid or comfort to the rebellion.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Austin v. United States · In Re Oliver L. North (Clair E. George Fee Application)