United States v. Mack’s Empirical Analysis
112 F.2d 290 · 1940
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions (7 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2021 · most notably Nye & Nissen v. United States (1949), United States v. Feola (1975)
43 federal appellate · 2 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. § 402
Relies on Berger v. United States · United States v. Balint · Chadwick v. United States · State v. Gaetano · Commonwealth v. Murphy
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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * was designed to implement an international effort to prevent the transportation of prostitutes from one country to another, ***«••»* “Traffic in prostitutes gravely offends current moral standards, and is by local law contraband in most places, * * *. There is thus no injustice in imposing this added peril to the business * * .-”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“why more proof should be necessary than that the parties had in contemplation all the elements of the crime they are charged with conspiracy to commit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“it is hard to see any reason for this (doctrine)”
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.