United States v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
427 F.2d 1031 · 1970
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
January 1989
most recently cited
11 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Marchetti v. United States · Grosso v. United States · Haynes v. United States · United State v. Kahriger · Albertson v. Subversive Activities Control Board
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““There was testimony from Richard F. Johnson and Paul Westenberger, both employed by the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division, to the effect that the Spitfire could be fired, and had been fired, automatically.””
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.