United States v. Richardson’s Empirical Analysis
596 F.2d 157 · 1979
Citation profile
55 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently January 2015 · most notably United States v. Melchor-Lopez (1980), United States v. Swift (1987)
55 federal appellate · 3 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. § 1623 · 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (Hobbs Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Sinclair v. United States · Gerry v. United States · General Electric Co. v. International Union of Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a natural effect or tendency to influence, impede, or dissuade the grand jury from pursuing its investigation....”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]hoever under oath ... in any proceeding before or ancillary to any court or grand jury of the United States knowingly makes any false material declaration ... shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] false statement satisfies the materiality requirement if a truthful statement might have assisted the grand jury in its investigation. That [the defendant’s] false statements did not succeed in leading the grand jury astray is irrelevant.”
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.