United States v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
521 F.2d 76 · 1975
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently February 1998 · most notably United States v. Burrell (1992), United States v. Rose (1984)
23 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 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. § 2113
Relies on Kotteakos v. United States · Jackson v. Denno · Jones v. Nor-Tex Agencies, Inc. · Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Republic of Cuba · 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“since sending the [statement] alone might have caused undue emphasis to be placed upon one exhibit in the case.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“While the fact that a gun was loaded and therefore dangerous may be inferred from the circumstances, the fact of jeopardy cannot be found simply because the weapon “appeared” to be dangerous to the victim, however reasonable her fears. From the former may be found jeopardy; from the latter may be found merely intimidation, the lesser included offense. Unless placing in jeopardy can be said to mean more than placing in fear, then nothing has been added to § 2113(d) over § 2113(a) to explain or justify the enhanced punishment which subdivision (d) permits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Whoever, in committing, or in attempting to commit, any offense defined in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, assaults any person, or puts in jeopardy the life of any person by the use of a dangerous weapon or device, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty-five years, or both.”
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.