United States v. Esquer’s Empirical Analysis
459 F.2d 431 · 1972
Citation profile
49 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions — most recently February 2016 · most notably United States v. Barnes (1979), United States v. Dellinger (1972)
49 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1111
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Illinois v. Allen · Glidden Company v. Zdanok Et Al. · United States v. Radio Television News Directors Ass'n · Ashcraft v. State of Tennessee
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the shackling of (defendants or) witnesses is an unfortunate and undesirable practice which should be employed only in cases of extreme need.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“in substance the [requesting party] received the information specifically requested and review of the voir dire reveals that the court made sufficient inquiry as to the background and attitudes of the jurors to enable the litigants, not only to challenge for cause, but to exercise their peremptory challenges.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A trial judge is at liberty to question a witness to clarify a particular point, and where, as here, he does so without engaging in advocacy or displaying prejudice or partiality, no error can be predicated upon such examination.”
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.