United States v. Dunlap’s Empirical Analysis
577 F.2d 867 · 1978
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently February 2022 · most notably Brown v. Wainwright (1982), State v. Gethers (1985)
18 federal appellate · 21 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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 28 U.S.C. § 1654
Relies on Faretta v. California · United States v. Dougherty · United States ex rel. Maldonado v. Denno · Walters v. Harris · United States v. Dougherty
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the right was not absolute and could be limited or waived if not raised before trial,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to minimize disruptions, to avoid inconvenience and delay, to maintain continuity, and to avoid confusing the jury”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“and that thereafter its exercise rests within the sound discretion of the trial court. 2 28 When”
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.