United States v. Sinclair’s Empirical Analysis
109 F.3d 1527 · 1997
Citation profile
68 federal appellate · 16 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 120 later decisions — most recently March 2018 · most notably Argo v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc. (2006), United States v. Summers (2005)
68 federal appellate · 16 district · 1 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. § 1623 · 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on Roviaro v. United States · Bourjaily v. United States · Delaware v. Fensterer · United States v. James · Larrison 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 120 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the evidence was discovered after trial; (2) the failure to learn of the evidence was not caused by his own lack of diligence; (3) the new evidence is not merely impeaching; (4) the new evidence is material to the principal issues involved; and (5) the new evidence is of such a nature that in a new trial it would probably produce an acquittal.”
15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We review the denial of a motion for a new trial for an abuse of discretion.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'Substantial interference with the administration of justice' includes a premature or improper termination of a felony investigation; an indictment, verdict, or any judicial determination based upon perjury, false testimony, or other false evidence; or the unnecessary expenditure of substantial governmental or court resources.”
3 later decisions 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.