United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
474 F.2d 844 · 1973
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
September 1981
most recently cited
9 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Stirone v. United States · Smith v. United States · Billings v. Truesdell · Gaither v. United States · Johnston 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“whether on its face [the indictment] presents evidence which assures us that such essential elements were presented to the [grand] jury and deliberated upon by them in returning the indictment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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