United States v. Wolfson’s Empirical Analysis
558 F.2d 59 · 1977
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 76 later decisions — most recently February 2004 · most notably United States v. Heldt (1981), United States v. Vasquez (1980)
35 federal appellate · 6 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
Relies on Hickman v. Taylor · United States v. Calandra · United States v. Grinnell Corp. · United State v. Morgan · United States v. Nobles
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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“two lengthy trials before the same judge, both of which ended in guilty convictions”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“his impartiality might reasonably be questioned,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] scurrilous letter [was circulated] by the petitioner, while the petition was sub judice, covering about 27 printed pages in which he accused the trial court of conducting “kangaroo” proceedings, of having shown favoritism to highly publicized criminals and mafia figures, and of having engaged in numerous other misdeeds. He also accused the prosecutor and an official of the S.E.C., as well as the trial court, of participating in a “scheme to frame” him and of “railroading” him, adding that he could fully document his charges, inviting a lawsuit if he could not prove them, and asserting his financial responsibility and lack of immunity. This letter has been placed under seal and made part of the record in these proceedings. At the February 19th meeting petitioner’s counsel declined to concede that this letter was either libelous or scurrilous. The letter, addressed to the Editor of the New York Times, was circulated to two other New York daily newspapers, and to a number of persons occupying positions of importance in the legal profession and in Government.”
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.