United States v. Altobella’s Empirical Analysis
442 F.2d 310 · 1971
Citation profile
54 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions (5 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2000 · most notably Bell v. United States (1983), Garcia v. United States (1985)
54 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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. § 1952 · 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on O’Callahan v. Parker, Warden · Rewis v. United States · United States v. Frankfort Distilleries, Inc. · Federal Trade Commission v. Bunte Bros. · United States v. Nardello
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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“‘ * * * to come within the provisions of the bill some activity in furtherance of a racketeering enterprise, subsequent to the performance of the travel, must take place * * * accordingly the gravamen of the offense will be travel and a further overt act to aid the enterprise.’ S.Rep.No.644, 87th Cong. 1st Sess. 1961, p. 2.” United States v. Altobella supra, 442 F.2d at 314 (footnote omitted).”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) distribute the proceeds of any unlawful activity; or”
3 later decisions 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.