In re Di Bella’s Empirical Analysis
518 F.2d 955 · 1975
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 2 district · 18 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions — most recently June 2018 · most notably United States v. Decoster (1976), United States v. Burton (1978)
36 federal appellate · 2 district · 18 state decisions — followed in 13 states
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. § 6002 · 28 U.S.C. § 1826 · 28 U.S.C. § 515
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · United States v. Wade · Argersinger v. Hamlin · Hamilton v. Alabama · Davis v. Alaska
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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the burden of imprisonment is just as great, regardless of what we call the order that imposed it. It is this fact that fosters the need for procedural protection.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“must be extended to a contempt proceeding, be it civil or criminal, where the defendant is faced with the prospect of imprisonment.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Whenever a witness in any proceeding before or ancillary to any court or grand jury of the United States refuses without just cause shown to comply with an order of the court to testify . . . the court, upon such refusal, or when such refusal is duly brought to its attention, may summarily order his confinement at a suitable place until such time as the witness is willing to give such testimony or provide such information. No period of confinement shall exceed the life of— (1) the court proceeding, or (2) the term of the grand jury, including extensions, before which such refusal to comply with the court order occurred, but in no event shall such confinement exceed eighteen months.”
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.