Anglin v. Johnston’s Empirical Analysis
504 F.2d 1165 · 1974
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2018 · most notably United States v. Wilson (1975), United States v. Mitchell (1977)
39 federal appellate · 9 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. § 3150 (Bail Reform Act of 1984) · 18 U.S.C. § 3151 · 18 U.S.C. § 752 · 28 U.S.C. § 1826
Relies on Kastigar v. United States · Shillitani v. United States · Hensley v. Municipal Court, San Jose-Milpitas Judicial Dist., Santa Clara Cty. · Zerbst v. Kidwell · Anderson v. Corall
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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he confinement for which petitioner seeks credit was imposed in connection with a civil contempt (refusal to testify) and not in connection with the criminal offense 'for which sentence was imposed'....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) Whenever a witness in any proceeding before or ancillary to any court or grand jury of the United States refuses without just cause shown to comply with an order of the court to testify or provide other information, including any book, paper, document, record, recording or other material, the court, upon such refusal, or when such refusal is duly brought to its attention, may summarily order his confinement at a suitable place until such time as the witness is willing to give such testimony or provide such information. No period of such confinement shall exceed the life of— (1) the court proceeding, or (2) the term of the grand jury, including extensions, before which such refusal to comply with the court order occurred, but in no event shall such confinement exceed eighteen months.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“in connection with the offense or acts for which sentence was imposed”
2 later decisions 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.