United States v. Barfield’s Empirical Analysis
447 F.2d 85 · 1971
Citation profile
45 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently April 1998 · most notably United States v. Evans (1978), United States v. Staten (1978)
45 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2115 · 28 U.S.C. § 1861 (Jury Selection and Service Act of 1968)
Relies on Glasser v. United States · United States v. Warner · United States v. Varelli · United States v. Garguilo · Bailey 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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that (the defendant) associated himself with the commission of the crime, that he participated in it with a desire that it be accomplished, and that he committed some overt act designed to make it a success.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Principals (a) Whoever commits an offense against the United States, or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures its commission, is punishable as a principal.”
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.