United States v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
365 F.2d 135 · 1966
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently February 2021 · most notably James v. United States (1969), United States v. Irorere (2000)
24 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 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. § 2113 · 18 U.S.C. § 2115
Relies on Holland v. United States · Nye & Nissen v. United States · Prince v. United States · United States v. Cox · United States v. Shavin
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whoever enters or attempts to enter any bank ... with intent to commit in such bank ... any felony affecting such bank ... in violation of any statute of the United States, or any larceny [shall be fined, etc.].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he signature of the prosecuting attorney is not an essential part of the information; nor is improper signing of the instrument a defect such as to invalidate it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“indictment is to indicate that he joins with the Grand Jury in instituting a criminal proceeding”
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.