Fouts v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
253 F.2d 215 · 1958
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 3 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2009 · most notably Dickey v. Florida (1970), United States v. Ford (1977)
15 federal appellate · 3 district · 5 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. § 2113
Relies on Taylor v. United States · Frankel v. Woodrough · Nolan v. United States · United States v. Chase · Danziger 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is now here ordered and adjudged by this Court that this cause be and the same is hereby remanded to the district court for findings of fact, concerning, solely, a determination of the issue of whether or not the defendant has waived his right to a speedy trial.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`an extremely careful appraisal of the circumstances.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Delays which have been caused by the accused himself can not, of course, be complained of by him.” Shepherd v. United States, 163 F.2d 974, 976 (8th Cir. 1947). “It is equally elementary that the constitutional guarantee of a speedy trial is directed at a delay in prosecution to which the accused has not contributed.” Fouts v. United States, 253 F.2d 215, 217 (6th Cir. 1958).”
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.