United States v. Waters’s Empirical Analysis
461 F.2d 248 · 1972
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2011 · most notably Simpson v. United States (1978), United States v. Hall (1976)
22 federal appellate · 6 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. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 2113
Relies on McCray v. State of Illinois · United States v. Cruikshank · Royal Netherlands Steamship Co. v. Strachan Shipping Co. · Michigan v. Ohio · United States v. Tucker
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(t)he record before us now clearly shows (substitute) counsel exercised laudable participation”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“by the use of a dangerous weapon or device”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“puts in jeopardy the life of any person.”
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.