United States v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
May 1989
most recently cited
4 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 16 U.S.C. § 3
Relies on United States v. Grimaud · Baldwin v. New York · District of Columbia v. Clawans · District of Columbia v. Colts · Moore v. Texas
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“decision could have a chilling effect on a variety of future protest activities by the defendants and others. This is a serious collateral effect, which may distinguish the crime charged ... from the petty.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a jury trial when the maximum sentence would be six months or less if other special circumstances are present such that the crime would not be considered petty.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“special circumstance in [that] case because of its First Amendment implications.”
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.