United States v. Bess’s Empirical Analysis
593 F.2d 749 · 1979
Citation profile
146 federal appellate · 1 district · 11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 226 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2016 · most notably United States v. Young (1985), United States v. Swanson (1991)
146 federal appellate · 1 district · 11 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. § 2112 · 18 U.S.C. § 641 (Livestock Fraud Protection Act)
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Berger v. United States · Morissette v. United States · Donnelly v. DeChristoforo · Hoffa 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 226 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he complained-of conduct will not rise to reversible error ... if it is not flagrant, where proof of guilt is over-whelming, where counsel does not object and/or where the trial judge steps in and admonishes the jury.”
18 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“improper methods calculated to produce a wrongful conviction.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“DR 7-106 Trial Conduct (C) In appearing in his professional capacity before a tribunal, a lawyer shall not: (4) Assert his personal opinion as to the justness of a cause, as to the culpability of a civil litigant, or as to the guilt or innocence of an accused; but he may argue, on his analysis of the evidence, for any position or conclusion with respect to the matters stated herein.”
4 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.