United States v. Cook’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
83 federal appellate · 12 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 134 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2012 · most notably Cass v. United States (1974), CNA Financial Corp. v. Donovan (1987)
83 federal appellate · 12 district · 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3731 · 18 U.S.C. § 660 · 19 U.S.C. § 1806 · 19 U.S.C. § 2022
Relies on United States v. Bramblett · United States v. Brown · United States v. Raynor · California v. Stewart · United States v. a & P Trucking Co.
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 134 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We are mindful of the maxim that penal statutes should be strictly construed. But that canon “is not an inexorable command to override common sense and evident statutory purpose,” * * * and does not “require that the act be given the ‘narrowest meaning.’ It is sufficient if the words are given their fair meaning in accord with the evident intent of Congress.” * * * [Citations omitted.]”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““[3] Whoever, with unlawful or fraudulent intent, transports in interstate or foreign commerce any falsely made, forged, altered, or counterfeited securities or tax stamps, knowing the same to have been falsely made, forged, altered, or counterfeited; or * “[5] Whoever, with unlawful or fraudulent intent, transports in interstate or foreign commerce, any tool, implement, or thing used or fitted to be used in falsely making, forging, altering, or counterfeiting any security or tax stamps, or any part thereof— “[6] Shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Whoever, being a president, director, officer, or manager of any firm, association, or corporation engaged in commerce as a common carrier, or whoever, being an employee of such common carrier riding in or upon any * * * motortruck * * * of such carrier moving in interestate commerce, embezzles, * * * or willfully misapplies * * * any of the * * * property, or assets of such firm, association, or corporation * * * used in, such commerce, in whole or in part, or willfully or knowingly converts the same to his own use * * * »”
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.