Ferguson v. Commissioner’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently January 2019 · most notably Society of Separationists, Inc. v. Herman (1992), Society of Separationists, Inc. v. Herman (1991)
15 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 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 18 U.S.C. § 1621 · 26 U.S.C. § 7453
Relies on Wisconsin v. Yoder · Sherbert v. Verner · United States v. Lee · United States v. Ballard · Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n of Fla.
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“All that the common law requires is a form or statement which impresses upon the mind and conscience of a witness the necessity for telling the truth. Thus, defendant’s privilege to testify may not be denied him solely because he would not accede to a form of oath or affirmation not required by the common law.... [A]ll the district judge need do is to make inquiry as to what form of oath or affirmation would not offend defendant’s religious beliefs but would give rise to a duty to speak the truth.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“could satisfy oath or affirmation requirement by adding an acknowledgment that she was subject to penalties for perjury to the statement “I do hereby declare that the facts I am about to give are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, accurate, correct, and complete”). 4 . This subsection of Rule 41 specifically requires a federal magistrate to”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The rule is designed to afford the flexibility required in dealing with religious adults, atheists, conscientious objectors, mental defectives, and children”
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.