United States v. Fiore’s Empirical Analysis
443 F.2d 112 · 1971
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2018 · most notably Everett C. McKethan v. United States (1978), United States v. Mandel (1979)
24 federal appellate · 10 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 California v. Green · Douglas v. Alabama · Romano v. United States · Bryan v. United States · Dombrowski v. Pfister
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“evident that he w[ill] refuse to give testimony of any sort.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We are by no means certain that, in the absence of any significant evidence by the defense, the testimony of the agents was not sufficient to take the case to the jury. Furthermore, no one can be sure that Bennett’s attitude at a second trial will be the same as at the first. The record does not disclose the length of his New York sentence; as he approaches the end of it or if he is now or soon becomes eligible for parole, the prospect of a federal sentence for contempt may have a more chastening effect. If this does not happen, it is not beyond possibility that the Government may be able to establish that Bennett’s recalcitrance was due to “the suggestion, procurement or act of the accused.” 443 F.2d at 116 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the principles of the common law as they may be interpreted by the courts of the United States in the light of reason and experience,”
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.