United States v. Watkins’s Empirical Analysis
519 F.2d 294 · 1975
Citation profile
64 federal appellate · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 85 later decisions — most recently February 2010 · most notably United States v. Staten (1978), United States v. Jefferson (1991)
64 federal appellate · 12 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
Relies on Pointer v. Texas · 69 Cal. 2d 33 - Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. G. W. Thomas Drayage & Rigging Co. · United States v. Holland · United States v. Bethea · United States v. Thomas E. Fench, United States of America v. William H. Blackwell
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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it is a matter of hornbook law that receipts are hearsay as independent evidence of the making of payment . . . .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(t)o prove constructive possession of narcotics the Government must show that the defendant was in a position or had the right to exercise dominion and control over the drugs.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“out-of-court declarations ... may be admitted for a material purpose other than the verity of the assertions.”
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.