United States v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
605 F.2d 729 · 1979
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently January 2007
14 federal appellate · 1 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. § 1503 · 18 U.S.C. § 1505 · 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 3148 (Bail Reform Act of 1984)
Relies on Pettibone v. United States · United States v. Truesdell · United States v. Duncan · United States v. Walasek · United States v. Howard
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“disposition is made of any direct appeal taken by the defendant assigning error that could result in a new trial”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“While many cases have determined when a proceeding begins for purposes of [ 1503], neither counsel nor research has produced any authority as to when one terminates.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]hoever . . . . corruptly . . . influences, obstructs, or impedes, or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede, the due administration of justice”
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.