United States v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
484 F.2d 418 · 1973
Citation profile
45 federal appellate · 6 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 80 later decisions — most recently May 2025 · most notably United States v. Barker (1975), United States v. Wuagneux (1982)
45 federal appellate · 6 district · 5 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 18 U.S.C. § 2511 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 47 U.S.C. § 605
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Alderman v. United States · Sheppard v. Maxwell · Elkins v. United States · Hoffa 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 80 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It shall be unlawful for any person who is under indictment or who has been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year ... to ship, transport, or cause to be shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce any firearm or ammunition.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Nothing contained in this chapter or in section 605 of the Communications Act of 1934 . shall limit the constitutional power of the President to take such measures as he deems necessary to protect the Nation against actual or potential attack or other hostile acts of a foreign power, to obtain foreign intelligence information deemed essential to the security of the United States, or to protect national security information against foreign intelligence activities. Nor shall anything contained in this chapter be deemed to limit the constitutional power of the President to take such measures as he deems necessary to protect the United States against the overthrow of the Government by force or other unlawful means, or against any other clear and present danger to the structure or existence of the Government.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[B]ecause of the President’s constitutional duty to act for the United States in the field of foreign relations, and his inherent power to protect national security in the context of foreign affairs, we reaffirm what we held in United States v. Clay, [ 430 F.2d 165 (5th Cir. 1970), rev’d on other grounds 403 U.S. 698 , 91 S.Ct. 2068 , 29 L.Ed.2d 810 (1970)], that the President may constitutionally authorize warrant-less wiretaps for the purpose of gathering foreign intelligence. United States v. Brown, 484 F.2d 418, 426 (5th Cir. 1973).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jabara v. Kelley
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.