United States v. Walk’s Empirical Analysis
533 F.2d 417 · 1975
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently September 1992 · most notably 446 F. Supp. 252 - United States v. Narciso (1977), United States v. Zarattini (1977)
18 federal appellate · 1 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 · 18 U.S.C. § 3500 · 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)
Relies on Will v. United States · Jencks v. United States · Dennis v. United States · Palermo v. United States · Barrett 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The mere fact that the witness’ statement in this case contains oral "statements” attributable to the defendant in no way diminishes the recognized governmental interest in protecting the identity of the witness, and the context of the statement until the time of trial.... [T]o allow pretrial discovery of this statement would flout both the language and the intent of the Jencks Act.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) In any criminal prosecution . . . no statement . . . in the possession of the United States which was made by a Government witness or prospective Government witness (other than the defendant) shall be the subject of . . . discovery, or inspection until said witness has testified on direct examination in the trial of the case.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Upon request of a defendant the government shall permit the defendant to inspect and copy or photograph: any relevant written or recorded statements made by the defendant, within the possession, custody or control of the government, the existence of which is known, or by the exercise of due diligence may become known, to the attorney for the government; the substance of any oral statement which the government intends to offer in evidence at the trial made by the defendant whether before or after arrest in response to interrogatories by any person then known to the defendant to be a government agent; and recorded testimony of the defendant before a grand jury which relates to 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.