United States v. Jorn’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
1,252 federal appellate · 128 district · 2,283 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 4,213 later decisions (90 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2025 · most notably Burks v. United States (1978), Brown v. Ohio (1977)
1,252 federal appellate · 128 district · 2,283 state decisions — followed in 50 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.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3731 · 26 U.S.C. § 7206
Relies on Goldberg v. Kelly · Benton v. Maryland · Green v. United States · Wade v. Hunter
Cited together with Wade v. Hunter · Illinois v. Somerville · United States v. Dinitz · Green v. United States · Arizona v. Washington
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 4,213 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“scrupulous exercise of judicial discretion leads to the conclusion that the ends of public justice would not be served by a continuation of the proceedings.”
141 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The underlying idea, one that is deeply ingrained in at least the Anglo-American system of jurisprudence, is that the State with all its resources and power should not be allowed to make repeated attempts to convict an individual for an alleged offense, thereby subjecting him to embarrassment, expense and ordeal and compelling him to live in a continuing state of anxiety and insecurity, as well as enhancing the possibility that even though innocent he may be found guilty.”
109 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“with the greatest caution, under urgent circumstances, and for very plain and obvious causes; . . .”
74 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.