United States v. Corrigan’s Empirical Analysis
548 F.2d 879 · 1977
Citation profile
50 federal appellate · 2 district · 21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 84 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2025 · most notably Dixon v. United States (2006), United States v. Alvarez (1985)
50 federal appellate · 2 district · 21 state decisions — followed in 12 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 111 (Federal Judiciary Protection Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 1114
Relies on United States v. Feola · Emporium Capwell Co. v. Western Addition Community Organization · Notaro v. United States · United States v. Smaldone
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 84 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a specific statement of the burden of proof in the defense instruction is preferable [, i]ts omission ... is not reversible error per se.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“made use of his attorney's efforts, however, by submitting his proposed jury instructions [on the issue of self-defense] and objecting to those given by the court. This preserved for appeal appellant's contention that the trial court's instructions on the issue of self-defense were inadequate because they did not mention the burden of proof.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An affirmative defense admits the defendant committed the acts charged, but seeks to establish a justification or excuse.”
2 later decisions 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.