Wolfel v. Holbrook’s Empirical Analysis
823 F.2d 970 · 1987
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently September 2024 · most notably United States v. Blakeney (1991), United States v. Barger (1991)
30 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Central Intelligence Agency v. Holy Spirit Ass'n for the Unification of World Christianity · 350 F. Supp. 90 - United States v. Ridling · Barnier v. Szentmiklosi · United States v. Murray
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“adverse interest at stake to cloak his willingness with credibility.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“First, the trial court must determine if the proffered evidence is relevant. Second, if the court concludes that the proffered evidence is relevant, it must balance the probative value of the evidence against the hazard of unfair prejudice and/or confusion which could mislead the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“would volunteer to take the test unless for the purpose of reporting its results to the prosecutor if the results were deemed by their attorney to be favorable. If unfavorable, presumably the results would not have been revealed.”
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.