United States v. Williamson’s Empirical Analysis
424 F.2d 353 · 1970
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently August 2021
10 federal appellate · 6 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 26 U.S.C. § 5604
Relies on Sherman v. United States · Tilton v. Missouri Pacific Railroad · Lincoln National Life Insurance v. Roosth · Suarez v. United States · McConville v. Florida Towing Corp.
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“offense presented a defense of entrapment. In furtherance of that defense, he sought to cross-examine an Alcohol Tax Unit (ATU) agent as to a number of matters which were alleged to be relevant to the agent's credibility. One of the subjects into which Williamson wished to inquire was the role of arrests in determining the efficiency ratings of ATU agents. The trial judge sustained the prosecutor's objection, and Williamson was found guilty. While reversing the conviction on other grounds, the appellate court stated, without elaboration, that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“it was not error for the trial court to sustain objections to these questions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]mpeachment is an attack upon the credibility of a witness”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. B. McGhee
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.