United States v. Etsitty’s Empirical Analysis
130 F.3d 420 · 1997
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently February 2022 · most notably United States of America v. Vasak Sarkisian (1999), United States v. Mitchell (2007)
22 federal appellate · 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. § 111 (Federal Judiciary Protection Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 113 · 18 U.S.C. § 1153 · 18 U.S.C. § 1201 (International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act of 1993) · 18 U.S.C. § 7 · 28 U.S.C. § 1861 (Jury Selection and Service Act of 1968)
Relies on Blockburger v. United States · Missouri v. Hunter · Duren v. Missouri · Whalen v. United States · New Jersey v. New York
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[n]othing in the questioning or the answers given can be construed to reflect an intention by the prosecutor to mislead the jury”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although relevant, evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury, or by considerations of undue delay, waste of time, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]f [the holding] was not for an appreciable period, then treating the seizure and confinement of the victim as kidnapping would exceed the scope of the statute.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.