United States v. Lavin’s Empirical Analysis
567 F.2d 579 · 1977
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently May 2001
15 federal appellate · 2 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. § 1691 · 18 U.S.C. § 1701 · 18 U.S.C. § 1702 · 18 U.S.C. § 1708
Relies on Eisenstadt v. Baker · United States v. Hines · Smith v. United States · United States v. Birnstihl · United States v. Logwood
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he United States Postal Service has served as the keystone of the American communications system since its founding by Benjamin Franklin in 1775. In recognition of the indispensable role the Postal Service plays in the private and commercial life of the nation, Congress has provided criminal penalties for activities that interfere with the Postal Service’s mandate to deliver the mail.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]hile section 1708 was concerned with theft and embezzlement for the purposes of gain, section 1702 focused on unauthorized and malicious meddling.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Congress intended to protect mail left at the addressee's front door as well as letters left in the addressee's mailbox.”
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.