United States v. Alessio’s Empirical Analysis
528 F.2d 1079 · 1976
Citation profile
101 federal appellate · 6 district · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 136 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2020 · most notably Pillsbury Co. v. Conboy (1983), United States v. Thevis (1982)
101 federal appellate · 6 district · 16 state decisions — followed in 12 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. § 201 (Bank Bribery Amendments) · 18 U.S.C. § 6001 · 28 U.S.C. § 515
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Nixon · Marshall v. United States · Gotthelf v. Commissioner · Local Union No. 12 v. National Labor Relations Board
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 136 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“appellant was denied a fair trial because of the government’s refusal to seek immunity for defense witnesses.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It has repeatedly been held by this Court that the government may not be compelled to seek a grant of immunity for a prospective defense witness. United States v. Bautista, 509 F. 2d 675, 677 (9th Cir. 1975); Cerda v. United States, 488 F. 2d 720 (9th Cir. 1973); United States v. Jenkins, 470 F. 2d 1061 (9th Cir. 1972). It was noted in Earl v. United States, 124 U.S. App. D.C. 77 , 361 F. 2d 531 (1966), however, that a defendant might be denied due process if the government uses its authority to seek immunity for its own witnesses, but declines to do so on behalf of the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rood v. State
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.