United States v. Watson’s Empirical Analysis
466 F.2d 549 · 1972
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · Opper v. United States · Smith v. United States · United States v. Frazier
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to enable the jury to hear [and examine] the evidence in a clear, orderly and methodical manner.”
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.