United States v. Weeks’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions — most recently January 2017 · most notably United States v. McCollum (2003), United States v. Weeks (1986)
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 10 U.S.C. § 892
Relies on Michelson v. United States · United States v. Lewis · United States v. Angelini · United States v. Vandelinder · United States v. Clemons
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Third: What is the materiality of the proffered testimony? Is the question whether or not the accused was the type of person who would engage in the alleged criminal conduct fairly raised by the Government’s theory of the case or by the defense?”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“First: Is the Government’s case against the accused strong and conclusive?”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Second: Is the defense’s theory of the case feeble or implausible?”
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.