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United States v. Nelson’s Empirical Analysis

273 F.2d 459 · 1960

Citation profile

15
cited by 15 later decisions
2
states following
October 1974
most recently cited

13 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2314 · 18 U.S.C. § 371

Relies on Glasser v. United States · United States v. Sheridan · De Moss v. United States · Scott Paper Co. v. McAllister Lighterage Line, Inc. · United States v. Bender

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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “American Express Company, New York, New York, agrees to transmit and pay.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “Paid, with an appropriate date inserted, AMEXCO, N.Y.”
    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.