United States v. Culbert’s Empirical Analysis
548 F.2d 1355 · 1977
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2014 · most notably United States v. Culbert (1978), 78 Ill. 2d 298 - People v. Smith (1980)
30 federal appellate · 2 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1073 · 18 U.S.C. § 1084 · 18 U.S.C. § 1201 (International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act of 1993) · 18 U.S.C. § 1231 · 18 U.S.C. § 1301 (Charity Games Advertising Clarification Act of 1988) · 18 U.S.C. § 1761 · 18 U.S.C. § 1821 · 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (Hobbs Act)
Relies on Stirone v. United States · Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Republic of Cuba · Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · Carbo v. United States · Palermo 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“did not contemplate a trespassory taking 'from the person or presence of' the bank president or any other person.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“As used in this section— "(1) The term 'robbery' means the unlawful taking or obtaining of personal property from the person or in the presence of another, against his will, by means of actual or threatened force, or violence, or fear of injury, immediate or future, to his person or property, or property in his custody or possession, or the person or property of a relative or member of his family or of anyone in his company at the time of the taking or obtaining. "(2) The term 'extortion' means the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right. "(3) The term 'commerce' means commerce within the District of Columbia, or any Territory or Possession of the United States; all commerce between any point in a State, Territory, Possession, or the District of Columbia and any point outside thereof; all commerce between points within the same State through any place outside such State; and all other commerce over which the United States has jurisdiction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Whoever in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or affects commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by robbery or extortion or attempts or conspires so to do, or commits or threatens physical violence to any person or property in furtherance of a plan or purpose to do anything in violation of this section shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.”
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.