Tatum v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
310 F.2d 854 · 1962
Citation profile
71 federal appellate · 9 district · 27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 133 later decisions — most recently June 1999 · most notably 7 Cal. 3d 248 - People v. Navarro (1972), Brown v. United States (1964)
71 federal appellate · 9 district · 27 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. § 5010
Relies on Ex parte Lange · United States v. Benz · In re Bradley · Knote 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 133 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(a) Upon the unconditional discharge by the division of a committed youth offender before the expiration of the maximum sentence imposed upon him, the conviction shall be automatically set aside and the division shall issue to the youth offender a certificate to that effect. “(b) Where a youth offender has been placed on probation by the court, the court may thereafter, in its discretion, unconditionally discharge such youth offender from pro bation prior to the expiration of the maximum period of probation theretofore fixed by the court, which discharge shall automatically set aside the conviction, and the court shall issue to the youth offender a certifícate to that effect.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““* * * a person sentenced under the Youth Corrections Act can, by virtue of his own good conduct, be spared the lifelong burden of a criminal record.” Tatum v. United States, 114 U.S.App.D.C. 49 , 310 F.2d 854, 856 (1962).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“releases the offender from all disabilities imposed by the offense, and restores to him all his civil rights,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Doe v. Webster
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.