United States v. Quinn’s Empirical Analysis
514 F.2d 1250 · 1975
Citation profile
54 federal appellate · 3 district · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 83 later decisions — most recently August 2018 · most notably 39 Cal. 4th 299 - Flatley v. Mauro (2006), United States v. Kopituk (1982)
54 federal appellate · 3 district · 13 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) · 29 U.S.C. § 186 (§ 302 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act))
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Davis v. Alaska · Watts v. United States · Jones v. Nor-Tex Agencies, Inc. · United States v. District Court
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 83 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In a prosecution of this kind it is not necessary that the government prove that the fear was a consequence of a direct threat. Rather, it is sufficient if the government can show circumstances surrounding the alleged extortion which render the victim’s fear reasonable. Fear of economic loss is a type of fear proscribed by part (b)(2) of the Hobbs Act.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“1. A bona fide labor dispute existed between American Discount and its employees; 2. The attainment of higher pay was, on the part of the employees, a legitimate labor objective; 3. The employees got the higher wages; 4. Reverend Quinn was authorized by the American Discount employees to represent them and to act as their spokesman. ******”
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.