Carter v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
231 F.2d 232 · 1956
Citation profile
54 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 63 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2015 · most notably United States v. Feola (1975), Haerr v. United States (1957)
54 federal appellate · 3 district · 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. § 2
Relies on Carroll v. United States · Brinegar v. United States · Husty v. United States · Scher v. United States · Rent v. United States
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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Whoever forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any person designated in section 1114 of this title while engaged in or on account of the performance of Ms official duties, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““It is not for the defendant either on the trial for the obstruction, or in the event giving rise to it, to lay down the requirements as to the nature or kind or amount of proof of the Officer’s status. His badge, his written credentials, his Commission are not the only means. His declaration of his official status may well be enough, . especially where, as here, it is repeatedly made, and its acceptance as the truth by defendants is credited through the jury’s verdict of guilty.” 231 F.2d 232 , 235 (5th Cir. 1956) (citations omitted).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“* * * While the search, under a search warrant, was in progress, several persons were arrested as they came into the Club possessing brown paper sacks which were found to contain money and lottery tickets. The driver of an automobile arriving shortly before Carter’s likewise had in his possession the hallmark of the [gambling] calling — the brown paper sack. * * *”
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.