United States v. Spatuzza’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

56 federal appellate · 8 state decisions

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

1. ““Defendants complain that enforcement of section 3500 was thwarted when the FBI agents destroyed notes taken during interviews with witnesses. The agents testified, however, that the reports furnished defendants accurately reflected these notes and all the information contained in the notes was included in the reports. “Defendants did not demand production of the notes; rather, they were concerned with the circumstances of their destruction. Without a request for production, no issue was presented for the district judge to rule upon. Moreover, in our opinion, section 3500 does not require government agents to preserve their notes after they have been transcribed and the reports checked for accuracy. United States v. Greco, 298 F.2d 247 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 369 U.S. 820 , 82 S.Ct. 831 , 7 L.Ed.2d 785 (1962).””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 33 Or. App. 9 - State v. Morrison · United States v. Hilbrich

2. ““The only reference made by the judge to the statutory provision of value was when he read the indictment. However, the evidence showed that the value of the stolen goods exceeded $37,000. Since the question whether the value was in excess of $100 was not in controversy, the reference to the averment in the indictment was sufficient.” United States v. Spatuzza, 331 F.2d 214 , 217 (7th Cir. 1964), cert. denied, 379 U.S. 829 , 85 S.Ct. 58 , 13 L.Ed.2d 38 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Prujansky