United States v. Flum’s Empirical Analysis
518 F.2d 39 · 1975
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently July 2016 · most notably United States v. Busic (1978), United States v. Mowat (1978)
14 federal appellate · 7 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. § 1 · 18 U.S.C. § 641 (Livestock Fraud Protection Act)
Relies on Morissette v. United States · Williams v. State of North Carolina · United States v. Freed · United States v. Balint · Peter J. Migliorini v. New York
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“permits the imposition of criminal liability upon the housewife who carries scissors in her sewing bag; the fisherman who carries a scaling knife in his tackle box; the professional who carries a letter opener in his briefcase; the doctor who carries scalpels in his medical bag; and the tradesman who carries a hammer in his tool kit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““In this appeal Flum contends that he was convicted upon insufficient evidence since there was no evidence tending to establish that he intended to conceal the knives which were discovered during a preboarding search of his carry-on luggage and personal belongings.” 518 F.2d at 40 (footnote omitted; emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““The accused, if he does not will the violation, usually is in a position to prevent it with no more care than society might reasonably expect and no more exertion than it might reasonably exact from one who assumed his responsibilities.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Nagel
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.