United States v. Sawyer’s Empirical Analysis
607 F.2d 1190 · 1979
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently June 2019 · most notably United States v. Moore (1980), United States v. Gironda (1985)
29 federal appellate · 5 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 26 U.S.C. § 7203
Relies on United States v. Oates · Del Toro v. United States · United States v. Ming · United States v. Riso · United States v. McCorkle
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If admitted, the memorandum or record may be read into evidence but may not itself be received as an exhibit unless offered by an adverse party.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. State v. Edmonds · State v. Abrigo.“intended to bar the use of law enforcement reports as a substitute for the testimony of an officer,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Abrigo. · State v. Vigil“give the defendant the chance to cross examine [the police officer], rather than just reading [the officer's] report into evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Abrigo.
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.