United States v. Willis’s Empirical Analysis
559 F.2d 443 · 1977
Citation profile
38 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently February 2022 · most notably United States v. McCaskill (1982), United States v. Dinkane (1994)
38 federal appellate · 1 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. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · Starnes v. Penrod Drilling Co. · United States v. Tucker · Suess v. United States · United States v. Barlow
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'continues throughout the escape for purposes of characterizing the involvement of additional parties who knowingly and willfully join in the escape phase only.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(obstruct) justice by rendering assistance to hinder or prevent the arrest of the offender after he has committed the crime.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he robbery is not a consummate transaction until the immediate removal phase comes to a halt....”
2 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.