Crawford v. Washington’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
2,585 federal appellate · 322 district · 11,546 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18,750 later decisions (84 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2026 · most notably Blakely v. Washington (2004), Pearson v. Callahan (2009)
2,585 federal appellate · 322 district · 11,546 state decisions — followed in 49 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
Relies on Bruton v. United States · Ohio v. Roberts · Rhode Island v. Innis · Pointer v. Texas
Cited together with Ohio v. Roberts · Davis v. Washington · United States v. Booker · Delaware v. Van Arsdall · United States v. Olano
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 18,750 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right ... to be confronted with the witnesses against him.”
993 later decisions quote this exact passage“does not bar the use of testimonial statements for purposes other than establishing the truth of the matter asserted.”
181 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“admission of testimonial statements of a witness who did not appear at trial unless he was unavailable to testify, and the defendant had had a prior opportunity for cross-examination.”
107 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.