United States v. Eberhardt’s Empirical Analysis
417 F.2d 1009 · 1969
Citation profile
45 federal appellate · 1 district · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 70 later decisions — most recently August 2005 · most notably United States v. McCaskill (1982), United States v. Fountain (1985)
45 federal appellate · 1 district · 12 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. § 1361 · 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 2071
Relies on Nye & Nissen v. United States · Ex parte Lange · Fairmount Glass Works v. Cub Fork Coal Co. · State of Louisiana Francis v. Resweber · United States v. Moylan
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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(I)t is true that he could sentence only for the offense of which the defendants had been convicted . . . Precisely what passed through the judge's mind is purely speculative and we have no reason to think that the judge undertook to impose a penalty for the second offense. However, we consider it fair and in the interest of justice in this instance to remand the case . . . for further consideration of the sentences . . .”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““[A]ny person or persons who shall knowingly hinder or interfere or attempt to do so in any way, by force of violence or otherwise, with the administration of this title (said sections) or the rules or regulations made pursuant thereto . . . shall, upon conviction in any district court of the United States of competent jurisdiction, be punished”
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.