Topic: statements by counsel in briefs are not evidence. · Go Syfert
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5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 30 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Skyline Corporation v. National Labor Relations Board.

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1 Skyline Corporation v. National Labor Relations Board Anchor
ca5 · 1980
green “statements by counsel in briefs are not evidence.” 11
2 Kulhawik v. Holder
ca2 · 2009
green “an attorney's unsworn statements in a brief are not evidence.” 10
3 United States v. Aguilar-Tamayo
ca5 · 2002
green “we do not suggest that it is necessary for the government to take all of the steps referenced in allie to establish that it acted reasonably to secure a witness' presence.” 3
4 United States v. Jones
ca5 · 2007
green “the unsworn assertions of the government's attorney do not provide a sufficiently reliable basis for a defendant's sentence.” 3
5 United States v. Tirado-Tirado
ca5 · 2009
green “eporting a witness may still be consistent with 'good faith' and 'reasonable' efforts to procure the witnesses' availability at trial.” 3

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