United States v. Nance’s Empirical Analysis
533 F.2d 699 · 1976
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 14 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently August 2018 · most notably United States v. Haldeman (1976), United States v. Diecidue (1979)
23 federal appellate · 14 district · 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. § 1343 · 28 U.S.C. § 292
Relies on Morissette v. United States · Russell v. United States · United States v. Cruikshank · United States v. Petrillo · Hartman 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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Undoubtedly the language of the statute may be used in the general description of an offence, but it must be accompanied with such a statement of the facts and circumstances as will inform the accused of the specific offence, coming under the general description, with which he is charged.' United States v. Hess, 124 U.S. 483 , 487, (8 S.Ct. 571, 573, 31 L.Ed. 516) (1888),”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]n indictment not framed to apprise the defendant 'with reasonable certainty[ ] of the nature of the accusation against him is defective, although it may follow the language of the statute.'”
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.