United States v. Kenny’s Empirical Analysis
462 F.2d 1205 · 1972
Citation profile
142 federal appellate · 20 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 222 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2025 · most notably Evans v. United States (1992), McCormick v. United States (1991)
142 federal appellate · 20 district · 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. § 1951 (Hobbs Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 1952 · 18 U.S.C. § 2514 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 3500 · 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on Wong Sun v. United States · Kotteakos v. United States · Aguilar v. Texas · Spinelli v. United States · Roviaro 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 222 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Extortion under color of official right is the wrongful talcing by a public officer of money not due him or his office, whether or not the taking was accomplished by force, threats or use of fear.” 462 F.2d at 1229 (emphasis supplied).”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'evidence of a large general scheme, and of aid given by some conspirators to others in aid of that scheme.'”
3 later decisions 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.