United States v. Lasker’s Empirical Analysis
481 F.2d 229 · 1973
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently December 2016 · most notably United States v. Mejias (1977), Justices of Supreme Court of Puerto Rico Colegio De Abogados De Puerto Rico (1982)
25 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 3731
Relies on Barker v. Wingo · Will v. United States · Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Holland · Schlagenhauf v. Holder · La Buy v. Howes Leather Co.
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We need not decide under what circumstances, if any, such a use of mandamus would be appropriate. It is enough to note that we approach the decision in this case with an awareness of the constitutional precepts that a man is entitled to a speedy trial and that he may not be placed twice in jeopardy for the same offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““(i)n determining the proper operation of Rule 5, it is important to remember that the primary purpose of the Prompt Disposition Rules was to vindicate the strong public interest in the prompt resolution of criminal prosecutions.” United States v. Lasker, 481 F.2d 229, 233 (2d Cir., 1973), (Lumbard, J.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(l)ength of delay, the reason for the delay, the defendant's assertion of his right, and prejudice to the defendant”
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.