United States v. Mathison’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2421 (White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910 (Mann Act)) · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on United States v. Hayman · Frazier v. United States · McGee v. International Life Insurance · United States v. Sturm · United States v. Gordon
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Since the creation of Title 28 U.S.C. § 2255 , certain rules of interpretation have become clear. * * * A petitioner’s allegations supported only by his own assertions are insufficient.””
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.