Weaver v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
405 F.2d 353 · 1968
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 3 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently December 2004 · most notably United States v. Thompson (1971), United States v. Provenzano (1979)
43 federal appellate · 3 district · 8 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. § 3146 (Bail Reform Act of 1984) · 18 U.S.C. § 3148 (Bail Reform Act of 1984)
Relies on Etherton v. United States · Joseph Davis v. Ramsey E. Clark · Rhodes v. United States · Jones 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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the district court refuses release pending appeal, * * * the court shall state in writing the reasons for the action taken.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““A person * * * (2) who has been convicted of an offense * * * has filed an appeal * * * shall be treated in accordance with the provisions of section 3146 unless the court or judge has reason to believe that no one or more conditions of release will reasonably assure that the person will not flee or pose a danger to any other person or to the community. If such a risk of flight or danger is believed to exist or if it appears that appeal is frivolous or taken for delay the person may be ordered detained. * * * ””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The District Judge should indicate not only which one or more of [the] reasons has prompted him to deny release, but should also delineate the basis for his utilization of such reason or reasons. * * * Only when these reasons are spelled out can an appellant intelligently renew his motion before this court; and only then can this court fairly review the merits.”
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.