Cohen v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
378 F.2d 751 · 1967
Citation profile
131 federal appellate · 12 district · 30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 215 later decisions — most recently June 2018 · most notably United States v. Haldeman (1976), United States v. Roselli (1970)
131 federal appellate · 12 district · 30 state decisions — followed in 16 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Hawaii District Court)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1084 · 26 U.S.C. § 4411 · 26 U.S.C. § 4412 · 47 U.S.C. § 605
Relies on Nardone v. United States · Lambert v. People of the State of California · United States v. Balint · Lamont v. Postmaster General · United State v. Kahriger
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 215 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“definite, specific, detailed, and nonconjectural”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“claims that taint attaches to any portion of the Government's case must satisfy the trial court with their solidity”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The jury may mistakenly believe that it is permissible to infer specific knowledge or intent solely from the doing of a particular act, without regard to the totality of circumstances; or that the occurrence of the particular act shifts the burden of proof of knowledge or intent from the prosecution to the defense; or that the question is whether a reasonable man in similar circumstances would have had the requisite knowledge or intent, rather than whether the accused actually had it.” 7”
2 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.