United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently February 2016 · most notably United States v. Ecoffey (1986), United States v. Russell (1990)
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. § 813 · 10 U.S.C. § 866 · 10 U.S.C. § 925
Relies on United States v. Allen · United States v. Remai · United States v. Suzuki · United States v. Schilf · United States v. Walls
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The terms of this restriction, which were ... [determined to be tantamount to confinement], prohibited the appellant from: using the phone without the permission of and in the presence of designated individuals; ... performing normal duties; leaving his building without both express authorization and an escort; [and from] having visitors except between 1800 and 2000 hours on duty days and 1400-1800 hours on non-duty days in the first sergeant’s office in the presence of the charge of quarters____ Further, ... appellant was required to: perform duties assigned by the company commander and first sergeant; sign in with the charge of quarters every 30 minutes between 1700 and 2200 hours on duty days and between 0800 and 2200 hours on non-duty days; remain in his barracks room between 2200 and 0530 hours on duty days and between 2200 and 0800 hours on non-duty days; and leave his barracks room door unlocked while in his room.”
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.