United States v. Roche’s Empirical Analysis
443 F.2d 98 · 1971
Citation profile
22
cited by 22 later decisions
April 1988
most recently cited
22 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1792
Relies on Van Nattan v. United States · United States v. Ebey · Brady v. United States · Bruner 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whoever conveys into such institution, or from place to place therein, any firearm, weapon, explosive, or any lethal or poisonous gas, or any other substance or thing designed to kill, injure, or disable any officer, agent, employee, or inmate thereof, or conspires so to do—”
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.