United States v. King’s Empirical Analysis
521 F.2d 61 · 1975
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2009 · most notably United States v. Shabani (1994), United States v. Natanel (1991)
39 federal appellate · 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
Relies on Davis v. Alaska · Pell v. Procunier · United States v. Murray · United States v. Jackson · Murray 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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Conspiracy is not punishable as a state of mind and becomes punishable only if completed by an overt act.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“an indictment under Section 846 need not allege overt acts”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“regardless of the strength of the evidence, it is fundamental error to fail to instruct as to the necessary elements of the offense charged”
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.