United States v. Willis’s Empirical Analysis
482 F.2d 1034 · 1973
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently September 1994
21 federal appellate · 2 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. § 1952 · 18 U.S.C. § 2421 (White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910 (Mann Act))
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Kotteakos v. United States · Harrington v. California · Schneble v. Florida · Milton v. Wainwright
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Reversal is not required with regard to alleged improper admission of exhibits without specific foundation, in the absence of a specific objection on foundation grounds.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“This balancing of intangibles — probative values against probative dangers —is so much a matter where wise judges in particular situations may differ that a leeway of discretion is generally recognized.”
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.