Lott v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
309 F.2d 115 · 1962
Citation profile
48 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 60 later decisions — most recently January 2009 · most notably Erbe v. State (1976), United States v. Shorter (1987)
48 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 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 26 U.S.C. § 145 · 26 U.S.C. § 7201 · 26 U.S.C. § 7203
Relies on Spies v. United States · Townsend v. Burke · Braverman v. United States · Lawn v. United States · United States v. Cruikshank
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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The court may reduce a sentence within 120 days after the sentence is imposed, or within 120 days after receipt by the court of a mandate issued upon affirmance of the judgment or dismissal of the appeal, or within 120 days after entry of any order or judgment of the Supreme Court denying review of, or having the effect of upholding, a judgment of conviction.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. United States v. Gee““We see no impropriety, indiscretion, injury or denial of any rights whatever by the delay ... Appellate courts must assume, in the absence of anything in the record to the contrary, that delay in pronouncing sentence was for a lawful purpose in the orderly process of handling the case.” ( 309 F.2d at page 122 ).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Each case stands upon its own peculiar facts and circumstances as to whether a defendant has been afforded a fair trial.””
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.