United States v. Cunningham’s Empirical Analysis
509 F.2d 961 · 1975
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions — most recently September 2016 · most notably Gasho v. United States (1994), United States v. Camp (1976)
39 federal appellate · 2 district · 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. § 111 (Federal Judiciary Protection Act of 2002) · 28 U.S.C. § 294
Relies on Davis v. Alaska · Gotthelf v. Commissioner · Wenzler v. Pitchess · Mastro Plastics Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · Lehnhausen v. Lake Shore Auto Parts Co.
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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that not all failures to cooperate with federal agents are within the statute's prohibition, and that some measure of presently applied force is required.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“‘Engaged in * * * performance of official duties’ is simply acting within the scope of what the agent is employed to do. The test is whether the agent is acting within that compass or is engaging in a personal frolic of his own. It cannot be said that an agent who has made an arrest loses his official capacity if the arrest is subsequently adjudged to be unlawful.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Cook“Whoever forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any person designated in Section 1114 of this title while engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.”
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.