United States v. Pearson’s Empirical Analysis
508 F.2d 595 · 1975
Citation profile
48 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 59 later decisions — most recently March 2019 · most notably United States v. Phillips (1981), United States v. Haldeman (1976)
48 federal appellate · 4 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. § 1951 (Hobbs Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1732
Relies on Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · Stirone v. United States · Hyde v. United States · Hyde v. United States · United States v. Borelli
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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“where there is no objection to hearsay evidence, the jury may consider it for whatever value it may have; such evidence is to be given its natural probative effect as if it were in law admissible.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“great discretion in passing on the admissibility of evidence”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A review of the record reveals no errors of law.”
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.