United States v. Malone’s Empirical Analysis
558 F.2d 435 · 1977
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently November 1993
19 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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. § 876
Relies on International Ass'n of Machinists v. Duckworth · M. Morrin & Son Co. v. Burgess Construction Co. · E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Maloney · Gallego v. United States · United States v. Easter
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is established in this Circuit that a defendant is denied effective assistance of counsel if his trial counsel “does not exercise the customary skills and diligence that a reasonably competent attorney would perform under similar circumstances.” United States v. Easter, 539 F.2d 663 , 666 (8th Cir. 1976); Pinnell v. Cauthron, 540 F.2d 938 , 939 (8th Cir. 1976).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“by a District Court that exhibits are admissible will not be overturned unless there has been a clear abuse of discretion,”
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.