Laughlin v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
474 F.2d 444 · 1972
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 4 district · 11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently August 2007 · most notably United States v. McCord (1975), United States v. Peltier (1978)
33 federal appellate · 4 district · 11 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 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 291
Relies on Townsend v. Sain · Ashe v. Swenson · Sanders v. United States · United State v. Morgan · Kaufman 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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(h) Use of returns in grand jury proceedings and in litigation. Returns made in respect of any tax described in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, or copies thereof, may be furnished by the Secretary or the Commissioner or the delegate of either to a U.S. attorney or an attorney of the Department of Justice for official use in proceedings before a U.S: grand jury, or in litigation in any court, if the United States is interested in the result, or for use in preparation for such proceedings or litigation. * * * If a return, or copy thereof, is furnished pursuant to this paragraph, it shall be limited in use to the purpose for which it is furnished and is under no condition to be made public except to the extent that publicity necessarily results from such use. * * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“If a final judgment of conviction is certified to the court, the name of the member of the bar so convicted shall be struck from the roll of the members of the bar and he shall thereafter cease to be a member. [Emphasis added.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Matter of Kerr“involved theory involving 'law' or fact, or both,”
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.