Allison v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
409 F.2d 445 · 1969
Citation profile
86 federal appellate · 42 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 141 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2022 · most notably Rutledge v. United States (1996), United States v. Dhinsa (2001)
86 federal appellate · 42 state decisions — followed in 12 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 28 U.S.C. § 2106
Relies on Holland v. United States · Opper v. United States · Smith v. United States · Curley v. United States · LundBerg v. Bannan
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 141 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]t must be clear (1) that the evidence adduced at trial fails to support one or more elements of the crime of which appellant was convicted, (2) that such evidence sufficiently sustains all the elements of another offense, (3) that the latter is a lesser included offense of the former, and (4) that no undue prejudice will result to the accused.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Supreme Court or any other court of appellate jurisdiction may affirm, modify, vacate, set aside or reverse any judgment, decree, or order of a court lawfully brought before it for review, and may remand the cause and direct the entry of such appropriate judgment, decree, or order, or require such further proceedings to be had as may be just under the circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“affirm, modify, vacate, set aside or reverse any judgment . . . and direct the entry of such appropriate judgment . . . as may be just under the circumstances.”
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.