United States v. Bertolotti’s Empirical Analysis
529 F.2d 149 · 1975
Citation profile
149 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 188 later decisions — most recently October 2017 · most notably United States v. Elliott (1978), United States v. Gallo (1985)
149 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 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. § 3500 · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2106
Relies on Kotteakos v. United States · Berger v. United States · United States v. Calandra · Ball v. United States · Yates 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 188 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a permissible inference, from the nature and scope of the operation, that each actor was aware of his part in a larger organization where others performed similar roles equally important to the success of the venture,”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“mutual dependence and assistance among the conspirators”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. United States v. Young Taek Lee · United States v. Ralph Giordano Alphonse v. Sisca Robert Baviello Vincent J. Laforte Joe Olivera Edward J. Kavanaugh Ralph Agovino Anthony Capuano Anthony Damiani Victor Signorini Angelo Piacentino Renato Lindia Steve Picone Jose Cesareo Gonzalez, Jr. Anders Gueche Steve Alfisi, Also Known as "Dee Dee" Alberto Yepez, Also Known as "Albert" and Eugene Dinapoli, Defnedants, Victor Roussos Genaro Perpinan Frank Mandarino Evelyn Horta, Also Known as "Pee Wee" and Charles Guida“may generally be conceded that the possibility of prejudice resulting from a variance increases with the number of defendants tried and the number of conspiracies proven.”
2 later decisions 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.