Walker v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
301 F.2d 94 · 1962
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently April 2010 · most notably Rush Pettway, Etc. v. American Cast Iron Pipe Company, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Intervenor (1974), United States v. Elliott (1978)
37 federal appellate · 9 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. § 2
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Holland v. United States · Sherman v. United States · Hem v. United States · Libby, McNeill & Libby v. Alaska Industrial Board
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“merely places the burden upon him (the defendant) as to matters peculiarly within his knowledge.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is basic that in consideration of the sufficiency or insufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict, we cannot weigh the evidence or test the credibility of the witnesses.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Whoever commits an offense against the United States or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures its commission, is punishable as a principal.”
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.