United States v. Carson’s Empirical Analysis
464 F.2d 424 · 1972
Citation profile
66 federal appellate · 2 district · 17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 105 later decisions — most recently October 2015 · most notably State v. Mason (1998), United States v. Onori (1976)
66 federal appellate · 2 district · 17 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. § 1621 · 18 U.S.C. § 1952 · 18 U.S.C. § 201 (Bank Bribery Amendments) · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 4042 (Prison Camera Reform Act of 2021) · 28 U.S.C. § 509 (Justice Department Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Enhancement Act of 1988)
Relies on Grunewald v. United States · Braverman v. United States · Gotthelf v. Commissioner · United States v. District Court · Mills v. Alabama
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 105 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]n in camera hearing was held, prior to the introduction of the tapes or transcripts into evidence . . The parties agreed that the transcripts accurately reflected the words on the tapes, with certain exceptions as to which it was agreed that the transcripts would contain the version believed accurate by each party. ... An explanation of how the tapes were made was given to the jury, and the tapes and transcripts were admitted .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““There is no doubt that federal bribery statutes have been construed to cover any situation in which the advice or recommendation of a Government employee would be influential, irrespective of the employee’s specific authority (or lack of same) to make a binding decision. . . .” (p. 433.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“any decision or action on any question, matter, cause, suit, proceeding or controversy, which may at any time be pending, or which may by law be brought before any public official, in his official capacity, or in his place of trust or profit.”
2 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.