United States v. Morgan’s Empirical Analysis
614 F.2d 166 · 1980
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1151 (Indian Crimes Act of 1976) · 18 U.S.C. § 1154 · 18 U.S.C. § 1161 · 25 U.S.C. § 1302 (§ 202 of the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968)
Relies on United States v. Mazurie · 420 F. Supp. 934 - Berry v. Arapahoe and Shoshone Tribes
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(c)ohesiveness or common interests can be more necessary to the existence of a community (within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 1151(b)) than can mere density of population.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““(a) all land within the limits of any Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States Government, notwithstanding the issuance of any patent, and, including rights-of-way running through the reservation, (b) all dependent Indian communities within the borders of the United States whether within the original or subsequently acquired territory thereof, and whether within or without the limits of a state, and (c) all Indian allotments, the Indian titles to which have not been extinguished, including rights-of-way running through the same.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, (1975) defines a community as 'a unified body of individuals ... with common interests living in a particular area; ... an interacting population of various kinds of individuals in a common location.'”
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.