United States v. New York Telephone Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
548 federal appellate · 114 district · 159 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,659 later decisions (71 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2025 · most notably Smith v. Phillips (1982), Cannon v. University of Chicago (1979)
548 federal appellate · 114 district · 159 state decisions — followed in 26 states
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
reviewedthe decision below (from Second Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2231 · 18 U.S.C. § 2510 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 2511 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 2518 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 19 U.S.C. § 1595 (§ 595 of the Clean Air - Clean Jobs Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1651
Relies on Katz v. United States · Roe v. Wade · Roviaro v. United States · Dandridge v. Williams · Link v. Wabash Railroad
Cited together with Katz v. United States · Pennsylvania Bureau of Correction v. United States Marshals Service · Smith v. Maryland · Berger v. New York · Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
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 1,659 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate and prevent the frustration of orders it has previously issued in its exercise of jurisdiction otherwise obtained.”
48 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Supreme Court and all courts established by Act of Congress may issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of their respective jurisdictions and agreeable to the usages and principles of law.”
41 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“extends, under appropriate circumstances, to persons who ... are in a position to frustrate the implementation of a court order or the proper administration of justice, and encompasses even those who have not taken any affirmative action to hinder justice.”
37 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.