United States v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
247 F.2d 332 · 1957
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 1977
16 federal appellate · 2 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 32 (Sherman Antitrust Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 78U (§ 21 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 18 U.S.C. § 3486 (§ 248 of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 401 · 26 U.S.C. § 5315 · 47 U.S.C. § 409 · 49 U.S.C. § 305
Relies on In re Oliver · Counselman v. Hitchcock · Brown v. Walker · Ullmann v. United States · United States v. Missouri Pacific Railroad
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * From this it follows that Brown has no right to remain silent because of some fancied prosecution which may never happen. It is enough for him to know that he is fully protected. The government has been empowered by Congress to pay the price of immunity for Brown's testimony. Should the need ever arise the courts will see to it that the bargain is fully kept.”
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.