United States v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
586 F.2d 123 · 1978
Citation profile
77 federal appellate · 3 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 105 later decisions — most recently December 2018 · most notably United States v. Kenny (1981), United States v. David (1991)
77 federal appellate · 3 district · 6 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. § 3150 (Bail Reform Act of 1984) · 21 U.S.C. § 843 (§ 403 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Glasser v. United States · United States v. Wade · Kotteakos v. United States · Schmerber v. State of California · Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory
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 105 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“at any time under circumstances connecting it with the alleged speaker.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“based upon hearing the voice at any time under circumstances connecting it with the alleged speaker.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“sufficient to support a finding that the matter in question is what its proponent claims.”
3 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.