United States v. Ryan’s Empirical Analysis
153 F.3d 708 · 1998
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently August 2022 · most notably United States v. Allen (2001), United States v. Gary (2003)
27 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. § 844
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Bagley · Kyles v. Whitley · United States v. Duke · United States v. Williams
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“reasonable probability exists that, had the evidence been disclosed to the defense, the result of the proceeding would have been different.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) the evidence must have been discovered after the trial; (2) the failure to discover must not be attributable to a lack of due diligence on the part of the movant; (3) the evidence must not be merely cumulative or impeaching; (4) the evidence must be material; and (5) the evidence must be likely to produce an acquittal if a new trial is granted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“demonstrate that the government suppressed evidence, that the evidence was exculpatory, and that the evidence was material either to guilt or to punishment.”
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.