United States v. Baranski’s Empirical Analysis
484 F.2d 556 · 1973
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2020 · most notably Griffin v. United States (1991), United States v. Haldeman (1976)
32 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 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. § 1361 · 18 U.S.C. § 1363 · 18 U.S.C. § 2071 · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 837 · 50 U.S.C. § 3811
Relies on Grayned v. City of Rockford · United States v. O'Brien · Connally v. General Construction Co. · Roth v. United States · Miller v. California
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The rule of ejusdem generis, while firmly established, is only an instrumentality for ascertaining the correct meaning of words when there is uncertainty. Ordinarily, it limits general terms which follow specific ones to matters similar to those specified; but it may not be used to defeat the obvious purpose of legislation.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to hinder or interfere * * * by force or violence or otherwise with the administration of this title * * *.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“as one of the objects of the conspiracy is unchallenged”
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.