Berman v. McDonnell’s Empirical Analysis
80 F.2d 361 · 1935
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 1 U.S.C. § 1 (Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 753 · 28 U.S.C. § 452 · 28 U.S.C. § 453 · 28 U.S.C. § 461
Relies on Ponzi v. Fessenden · Rigor v. State · Chapman v. Scott · Chapman v. Scott · United States v. Marrin
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Persons convicted of an offense against the United States shall be committed * * * to the custody of the Attorney General of the United States or his authorized representative, who shall designate the places of confinement where the sentences shall be served. * * * * * * “The Attorney General may order any inmate transferred from one institution to another.” 18 U.S.C.A. § 4082 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.