United States v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
545 F.2d 47 · 1976
Citation profile
42 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions — most recently July 2023 · most notably United States v. Bell (1978), 115 Wis. 2d 334 - State v. Pharr (1983)
42 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
Relies on Starnes v. Penrod Drilling Co. · Remmer v. United States · Barrett v. United States · Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission · Smith v. Crouse
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The issue of relevancy `must be determined by the trial judge in view of his or her experience, judgment and knowledge of human motivation and conduct.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] conviction for mail fraud does not depend upon a violation of state law”
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.