United States v. Zizzo’s Empirical Analysis
120 F.3d 1338 · 1997
Citation profile
67 federal appellate · 1 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 106 later decisions — most recently February 2026 · most notably United States v. Brown (2006), United States of America v. James Marcello Anthony Zizzo (2000)
67 federal appellate · 1 district · 9 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 26 U.S.C. § 7203
Relies on United States v. Olano · United States v. Lopez · Bourjaily v. United States · United States v. Zannino · Perez 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 106 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“under the stress of excitement caused by the event.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“analogous to time served and are not refundable”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Rather than rendering him incompetent to testify without some sort of psychiatric examination, [a witness'] penchant for perjury simply provide[s] the defense with an ample opportunity to undermine [the witness'] credibility on cross-examination.”
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.