United States v. Gurule’s Empirical Analysis
437 F.2d 239 · 1970
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 6 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions — most recently February 2014 · most notably In re Grand Jury Proceedings (1973), United States v. Burns (1980)
31 federal appellate · 6 district · 5 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
Relies on Bruton v. United States · Royal Netherlands Steamship Co. v. Strachan Shipping Co. · Curcio v. United States · Kansas City Southern Railway Company v. United States of America · Corbin v. United States
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““They are (1) the subpoena may command only the production of things relevant to the investigation being pursued; (2) specification of things to be produced must be made with reasonable particularity; and (3) production of records covering only a reasonable period of time may be required.” 437 F.2d at 241 .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Federal courts have inherent power over their process to prevent abuse, oppression and injustice and the process of the court comprehends proceedings before the grand jury and the means whereby witnesses are compelled to attend such proceedings. (citing cases) However, it has been consistently stated that there should be no curtailment of the inquisitorial power of the grand jury except in the clearest case of abuse, and mere inconvenience not amounting to harassment does not justify judicial interference with the functions of the grand jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“period of January 1, 1965 to December 31, 1967, both inclusive.”
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.