United States v. Parent’s Empirical Analysis
484 F.2d 726 · 1973
Citation profile
28 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently April 2005 · most notably State v. Wolery (1976), United States v. Burns (1979)
28 federal appellate · 2 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. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 659
Relies on Wickard v. Filburn · Douglas v. Alabama · Barnes v. United States · Katzenbach v. McClung · Idaho Sheet Metal Works, Inc. v. Wirtz
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The scope of the phrase “moving as or which are a part of or which constitute an interstate or foreign shipment” is plainly to be inferred from the list of places from which theft is proscribed. These places include not only railroad cars and tractor-trailers and other modes of transportation, but any “station, station house, platform or depot * * It was intended that a theft from commerce could be committed before the goods were placed on board, and after they are taken off a carrier; it is not required that a shipment be in motion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““ ‘Generally, it is held that possession is dependent upon the extent of the defendant’s dominion and control over the stolen property.’ United States v. Nitti, 444 F.2d 1056 , 1057 (7th Cir.1971). That dominion must not be ‘a passing control, fleeting and shadowy in its nature,’ but actual control. United States v. Wainer, 170 F.2d 603 , 606 (7th Cir.1948). Actual possession may arise from proximity to the goods, but need not.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The determination of whether a shipment is in interstate commerce at a given time is essentially a practical one, depending upon the relationship between the consignee, consignor, and carrier, the indicia of interstate commerce at the time of the theft occurs, and the preservation of the congressional intent.”
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.