United States v. Rivera’s Empirical Analysis
412 F.3d 562 · 2005
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1117 · 18 U.S.C. § 2
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Pointer v. Texas · United States v. West · United States v. Porter · United States of v. Eugene Strickland
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e review evidentiary decisions for an abuse of discretion, but legal conclusions concerning the Rules of Evidence or the Constitution de novo.”
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.