United States v. Anderson’s Empirical Analysis
509 F.2d 724 · 1974
Citation profile
69 federal appellate · 4 district · 21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 108 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2011 · most notably Ponte v. Real (1985), Weimerskirch v. Commissioner (1979)
69 federal appellate · 4 district · 21 state decisions — followed in 11 states
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 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Carroll v. United States · Aguilar v. Texas · Spinelli v. United States · Chambers v. Maroney · United States v. Ventresca
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 108 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]f the trial judge is satisfied that an in camera hearing in which neither the defendant nor his attorney participates is adequate to explore the foundations of the informant's information, then no disclosure [of either the name of the informant or the underlying circumstances which made the conclusion seem reliable to government agents] is necessary.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Thus, rather than establishing a fixed rule that either requires or precludes disclosure of the informant's identity when probable cause is in issue, we hold that the responsibility for striking the proper balance in each case rests with the trial judge.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“place defense counsel under enforceable orders against unwarranted disclosure of the evidence that he has heard.”
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.