Jackson v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
348 F.2d 772 · 1965
Citation profile
59 federal appellate · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 75 later decisions — most recently July 1992 · most notably Bruce v. United States (1967), United States v. Leonard (1974)
59 federal appellate · 9 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
Relies on Kotteakos v. United States · Morissette v. United States · Screws v. United States · Russell v. United States · Hagner 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 75 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Obviously, if the jury is to function effectively, it must be given a clear statement of each element which the Government must prove. ¿The elements, as expressed in the statute, are hardly set forth with sufficient clarity to permit the jury to perform its duty intelligently. ...” 348 F.2d 772 , 774.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““* * * While we do not hold that the indictment would in itself require reversal, we note that it leaves much to be desired both in completeness and in clarity. The element of specific intent should be clearly stated. * * * ””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Whoever by force or violence, whether against resistance or by sudden or stealthy seizure or snatching, or by putting in fear, shall take from the person or immediate actual possession of another anything of value, is guilty of robbery, and any person convicted thereof shall suffer imprisonment for not less than two years nor more than fifteen years.”
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.