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Berthoff v. United States

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided April 9, 2001No. CIV.A.97-10883-WGYPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REPORT

YOUNG, Chief Judge.

[The] executive take[s] idealistic, energetic, ambitious young men and[, in elected politics,] turn[s] them into whores in five years; the judiciary takes old, tired, experienced whores and turns them into virgins in five years.1

*52The role of the American jury, the central vehicle for citizen participation in the legal system, is being sharply limited by new laws, court rulings and a legal culture that is moving away from trials as a method of resolving disputes.2

These observable — but apparently unrelated — phenomena are, in the main, true. This report explores their…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. United States v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. In Re Avery W. Vial, MovantCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Berthoff v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2001
  2. Massachusetts v. Bull HN Information Systems, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2001

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