United States v. Hall’s Empirical Analysis
565 F.2d 917 · 1978
Citation profile
46 federal appellate · 4 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions — most recently March 2011 · most notably United States v. Phillips (1981), United States v. Postal (1979)
46 federal appellate · 4 district · 9 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 26 U.S.C. § 5861 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968)
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · South Dakota v. Opperman · United States v. Watson · Harris v. United States
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(T)he fact of custody alone has never been enough to demonstrate a coerced confession or consent to search.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(I)ntoxication is a factor to consider, but that fact alone is not sufficient to undermine (their) consent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a factor pointing to the validity of his consent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Tukes v. Dugger
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.