In re Oliver’s Empirical Analysis
333 U.S. 257 · 1948
Citation profile
1,090 federal appellate · 102 district · 1,634 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 3,746 later decisions (268 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2025 · most notably Faretta v. California (1975), Wolff v. McDonnell (1974)
1,090 federal appellate · 102 district · 1,634 state decisions — followed in 50 states
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
Relies on Powell v. State of Alabama Patterson · Snyder v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts · Sorrells v. United States · Edwin Hale v. William Henkel
Cited together with Cooke v. United States · Waller v. Georgia · Chambers v. Mississippi · Press-Enterprise Company v. Superior Court of California Riverside County · Sacher 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 3,746 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“due process of law . . . requires that, one charged with contempt of court be advised of the charges against him, have a reasonable opportunity to meet them by way of defense or explanation, have the right to be represented by counsel, and have a chance to testify and call other witnesses in his behalf, either by way of defense or explanation.”
69 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right ... to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation ...”
62 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A person’s right to reasonable notice of a charge against him, and an opportunity to be heard in his defense — a right to his day in court — are basic in our system of jurisprudence; and these rights include, as a minimum, a right to examine the witnesses against him, to offer testimony, and to be represented by counsel.”
47 later decisions 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.