United States v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
551 F.2d 621 · 1977
Citation profile
21 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently March 1993
21 federal appellate ·
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. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Federal Power Commission · Nations v. Morris · United States v. King · United States v. Farris
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“justified because evidence admitted under (the rule) is in its nature highly reliable ... and because there is a substantial need for such evidence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although there is no statement in the certificate that a 'diligent search' had been made, we think this omission does not cause the admission of the certificate to be reversible error.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“diligent search failed to disclose the record ...,”
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.