United States v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis
514 F.2d 758 · 1975
Citation profile
25 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently May 1997 · most notably United States v. Valencia (1980), United States v. Whitley (1984)
25 federal appellate ·
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. § 1503
Relies on Hoffa v. United States · Eisenstadt v. Baker · Douglas v. Alabama · Cruz v. Hauck · Parham v. Cortese
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there was some evidence introduced over the course of this trial concerning an alleged scheme in connection with priority scofflaw notices by allegations that dates were changed in the letters that were mailed to the violators. I instruct you that such evidence was submitted solely for the purpose of showing the nature of the offense that was being investigated by the grand jury, and the extent of the defendant’s involvement, if any, to show what motive, if any, the defendant would have for doing the alleged acts alleged by the Government in this indictment. I must further instruct you that the only crime or crimes that you are to consider in this case is whether the defendant, as charged in the indictment, did “intentionally, knowingly and corruptly endeavor to influence, obstruct and impede the due administration of justice.” And I want to say to you again that you are not to consider whether the defendant is guilty or innocent of any crimes other than the crimes alleged in this indictment. The defendant is not charged with and is not indicted for any crime or crimes in connection with any scheme or plan or the changing of dates. As I said, that was admitted for the sole purpose of showing what the grand jury was investigating and whether or not this defendant had a motive.”
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.