United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
596 F.2d 662 · 1979
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently February 2017 · most notably United States v. Prince (1989), United States v. Stephens (1980)
25 federal appellate · 2 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. § 641 (Livestock Fraud Protection Act) · 42 U.S.C. § 2751
Relies on United States v. Evans · United States v. Rowen · United States v. Owen · 418 F. Supp. 308 - United States v. Farrell
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(w)e may accept the argument that when an outright grant is paid over to the end recipient ... the money in the grant ceases to be federal”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The decisions that have sustained findings of a sufficient federal interest in the property at issue have generally involved instances in which the government had either title to, possession of, or control over the tangible object involved. * * * However, the critical factor in determining the sufficiency of the federal interest in intangible interests * * * is the basic philosophy of ownership reflected in relevant statutes and regulations. * * * The key factor involved in this determination of federal interest is the supervision and control contemplated and manifested on the part of the government.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“we are not required to decide just where short of that point the line should be drawn. We continue to approach the problem on a case-by-case basis, but under present facts, application of general principles does not present great difficulty.”
2 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.