United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
414 F.2d 630 · 1969
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 1992 · most notably Schacht v. United States (1970), International Society for Krishna Consciousness v. Eaves (1979)
18 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 772 · 18 U.S.C. § 3651 · 18 U.S.C. § 702
Relies on United States v. O'Brien · Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District · Cantwell v. State of Connecticut · Schneider v. State · Cox v. State of Louisiana
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ 18 U.S.C.A. § 3651 (1964) authorizes the trial court to place a criminal defendant on probation ‘for such period and upon such terms and conditions as the court deems best.’ Congress obviously intended by means of the broad statutory language to invest the court with great discretion to establish conditions which would lead to the defendant’s ultimate acceptance by society * * * ” [Emphasis added.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“could have rejected probation and elected prison.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“chose to enjoy the benefits of probation.”
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.