United States v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 7 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently April 2006 · most notably Mead Data Central, Inc. v. United States Department of Air Force (1977), United States v. Radetsky (1976)
27 federal appellate · 7 district · 2 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. § 1001 (Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990) · 18 U.S.C. § 1503 · 18 U.S.C. § 1505 · 18 U.S.C. § 1510 · 18 U.S.C. § 3500 · 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Bruton v. United States · Giglio v. United States · Irvin v. Dowd · Alderman 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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, endeavors to influence, intimidate, or impede any witness, in any court of the United States ... or corruptly or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, influences, obstructs, or impedes, or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede, the due administration of justice, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“... we reject the blanket assertion that Brady imposes no pretrial obligation on ... the Government.... We perceive the due process implications of Brady as obligating the Government to disclose exculpatory information as soon as the character of such information is recognized.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“However, attempts to obstruct a criminal investigation or inquiry before a proceeding has been initiated are not within the scope of the proscription of those sections.”
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.