United States v. Anderson’s Empirical Analysis
532 F.2d 1218 · 1976
Citation profile
117 federal appellate · 4 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 148 later decisions — most recently February 2025 · most notably United States v. Kenny (1981), United States v. Pheaster (1976)
117 federal appellate · 4 district · 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2311 (Anti Car Theft Act of 1992) · 18 U.S.C. § 2314 · 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Hamling v. United States · Russell v. United States · United States v. Murdock · Babich 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 148 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A variance between the charge of the indictment and the proof offered at trial may affect the substantial rights of a defendant in a criminal case if the effect is to prevent the defendant from presenting his defense properly, or if it takes him unfairly by surprise, or if it exposes him to double jeopardy. Where the alleged variance does not have any of those effects it should not serve as a grounds for reversal.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“an indictment is not to be read in a technical manner, but is to be construed according to common sense with an appreciation of existing realities. It must be read to include facts which are necessarily implied by the allegations made therein. Even if an essential averment in an indictment is faulty in form, if it may by fair construction be found within the text, it is sufficient.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Where ... the alleged variance does not have any of those effects it should not serve as a grounds [sic] for reversal.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.