United States v. Testa’s Empirical Analysis
548 F.2d 847 · 1977
Citation profile
92 federal appellate · 3 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 111 later decisions — most recently September 2008 · most notably United States v. Kenny (1981), United States v. Fleishman (1982)
92 federal appellate · 3 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2511 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Glasser v. United States · United States v. Nixon · Pinkerton v. United States · Alderman v. United States · Krulewitch 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 111 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“even if the conspiracy had ended prior to the recorded conversations, evidence of subsequent acts may be admitted 'to elucidate the nature of the prior conspiracy.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“integral part of the scheme involved the payment of tribute money,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““[S]light” evidence must be of a quality which will reasonably support a conclusion that the particular defendant in question wilfully participated in the unlawful plan with the intent to further some object or purpose of the conspiracy. U. S. v. Freie, 545 F.2d 1217 , 1222 (9th Cir. 1976).”
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.