United States v. Behety’s Empirical Analysis
32 F.3d 503 · 1994
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions — most recently June 2025 · most notably United States v. Gonzalez (1996), United States v. Magluta (1995)
30 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 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 · 21 U.S.C. § 955A · 46 U.S.C. § 12301 · 46 U.S.C. § 70505
Relies on Bonner v. City of Prichard · Kuntz v. City of Dayton · United States v. Miller · United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez · Agency Holding Corp. v. Malley-Duff & Associates, Inc.
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“when the essential elements of the offense contained in the indictment are altered to broaden the possible bases for conviction beyond what is contained in the indictment.”
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.