Whiskey Cases v. Ford’s Empirical Analysis
99 U.S. 594 · 1878
Citation profile
84 federal appellate · 8 district · 46 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 167 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2024 · most notably Ex parte United States (1916), United States v. Singleton (1999)
84 federal appellate · 8 district · 46 state decisions — followed in 25 states
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
Relies on Confiscation Cases · Ex Parte: in the Matter of William Wells on a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus · Alvord v. United States
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 167 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Prosecutors in such a case should explain to the accomplice that he is not obliged to criminate himself, and inform him just what he may reasonably expect in case he acts in good faith, and testifies fully and fairly as to his own acts in the case, and those of his associates. When he fulfills those conditions he is equitably entitled to a pardon, and the prosecutor, and the court if need be, when fully informed of the facts, will join in such a recommendation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Offenders of this kind are not admitted to testify as of course, and sufficient authority exists for saying that, in the practice of the English courts, it is usual that a motion to the court is made for the purpose, and that the court, in view of all the circumstances, will admit or disallow the evidence as will best promote the ends of public justice. Phil. Ev. 87; 3 Buss. Crimes, (9th Amer. Ed.) 598.” 99 U. S. 603 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“cannot by law plead such facts in bar of any indictment against him, nor avail himself of it upon his trial, * *”
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.