United States v. Saniti’s Empirical Analysis
604 F.2d 603 · 1979
Citation profile
40 federal appellate · 2 district · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 70 later decisions — most recently June 2023 · most notably United States v. Feldman (1986), United States v. Sarno (1995)
40 federal appellate · 2 district · 16 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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. § 2113
Relies on Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · Lutwak v. United States · White v. United States · Costarelli v. Massachusetts · Hawkins 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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Evidence that tends to show that a defendant is living beyond his means is of probative value in a case involving a crime resulting in financial gain.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the purpose of the marriage was for ... invoking the [spousal testimonial] privilege.”
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.