In re: Alexander Sittenfeld

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “The mere occurrence of juror misconduct, extraneous information, or improper contact is not, without evidence of actual prejudice, enough to warrant a new trial.” (citation omitted)
• juror posted and received comments on Facebook during deliberations

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• United States v. Erik Maund
  Sixth Circuit· 2026-02-23
• United States v. Terrence Devol London, II
  Sixth Circuit· 2026-05-14

Cites

37 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Chambers v. Nasco, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1991-08-02· cited 6,250×
• Butz v. Economou
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-29· cited 3,397×
• Smith v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-20· cited 2,305×
• Cheney v. United States District Court for District of Columbia
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-24· cited 1,878×
• Remmer v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1954-03-08· cited 1,718×
• Allied Chemical Corp. v. Daiflon, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1980-11-17· cited 1,679×
• Will v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1967-11-13· cited 1,120×
• Tanner v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-22· cited 915×
• McDonald v. Pless
  Supreme Court· 1915-06-14· cited 734×
• Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado
  Supreme Court· 2017-03-06· cited 326×
• United States v. Gordon Pennell
  Sixth Circuit· 1984-07-31· cited 313×
• William Andrew Wright v. Stephen Spaulding
  Sixth Circuit· 2019-09-19· cited 273×
• Universal Oil Products Co. v. Root Refining Co.
  Supreme Court· 1946-10-14· cited 186×
• United States v. Frank Moten
  Second Circuit· 1978-09-29· cited 156×
• Briggs v. Goodwin
  D.C. Circuit· 1977-09-21· cited 153×
• James Miller v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1968-10-09· cited 121×
• James Williams v. Brian Maurer
  Sixth Circuit· 2021-08-17· cited 116×
• United States v. Rodney Mack, Jr.
  Sixth Circuit· 2013-09-06· cited 114×
• United States v. Charles Hughes (88-1658), Luckett Larry (88-1659), Sanford Hoskow (88-1660), Basem Kandah (88-1661), and Dale Dudley (88-1751)
  Sixth Circuit· 1990-02-12· cited 112×
• United States v. Matthew Ianniello
  Second Circuit· 1989-01-18· cited 111×