United States v. Ledee’s Empirical Analysis
549 F.2d 990 · 1977
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions — most recently September 2015 · most notably United States v. Bascaro (1984), United States v. Harrelson (1985)
43 federal appellate · 4 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. § 2314
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Illinois Power Co. v. Local Union No. 51, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers · Lubin v. Allison · Shoup Voting Machine Corp. v. Datamedia Computer Service, Inc. · National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Federal Power Commission
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Peremptory challenges are worthless if trial counsel is not afforded an opportunity to gain the necessary information upon which to base such strikes.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to refuse to allow inquiries of jurors as to whether they can accept certain propositions of law”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“such additional questions (proposed) by the parties or their attorneys as it deems proper.”
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.