United States v. Mayer’s Empirical Analysis
556 F.2d 245 · 1977
Citation profile
59 federal appellate · 1 district · 20 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 93 later decisions — most recently November 2015 · most notably United States v. Elliott (1978), United States v. Kopituk (1982)
59 federal appellate · 1 district · 20 state decisions — followed in 10 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. § 1001 (Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990) · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 641 (Livestock Fraud Protection Act)
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Davis v. Alaska · Pointer v. Texas · Alford v. United States · Brookhart v. Janis
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 93 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... a defendant's right to cross-examine a witness about any deals that may have been made or any understandings that may have been reached between the government and one of its witnesses does not hinge on whether in fact any such deals or understandings were effected.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"This right is especially important with respect to accomplices or other witnesses who may have substantial reason to cooperate with the government. . . . Indeed, it is so important that the defendant is allowed to 'search' for a deal between the government and the witness, even if there is no hard evidence that such a deal exists. See Grant v. United States , [ 368 F.2d 658 , 661 (5th Cir. 1966) ]."”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“comes into play only after there has been permitted as a matter of right sufficient cross-examination to satisfy the Sixth Amendment.”
4 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.