United States v. Brady’s Empirical Analysis
595 F.2d 359 · 1979
Citation profile
110 federal appellate · 1 district · 23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 179 later decisions — most recently June 2022 · most notably State v. Maurer (1984), State v. Frazier (1995)
110 federal appellate · 1 district · 23 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Kentucky Western District Court)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2113
Relies on Texas v. Louisiana · Gateway Coal Co. v. United Mine Workers · McClain v. United States · Rivera v. United States · Central South Carolina Chapter v. Martin
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 179 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In reviewing a decision of a trial court on this issue we must look at the evidence in a light most favorable to its proponent, maximizing its probative value and minimizing its prejudicial effect.”
20 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although relevant, evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury, or by considerations of undue delay, waste of time, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“exercised by balancing the probative value of the evidence against its prejudicial attributes.”
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.