United States v. Gerry’s Empirical Analysis
515 F.2d 130 · 1975
Citation profile
40 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2024 · most notably Gerry v. United States (1975), United States v. Dennis (1980)
40 federal appellate · 2 district · 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. § 224
Relies on Bruton v. United States · Cruz v. Hauck · Difronzo v. United States · Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. United States · Frey v. United States
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]here is no legal requirement that the trial judge conduct a formal hearing.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“that evidence of other crimes is admissible except when offered solely to prove criminal character.”
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.