United States v. Roche’s Empirical Analysis
614 F.2d 6 · 1980
Citation profile
51 federal appellate · 9 district · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 93 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2026 · most notably Groh v. Ramirez (2004), United States v. Leary (1988)
51 federal appellate · 9 district · 14 state decisions — followed in 11 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
Relies on Andresen v. Maryland · United States v. Abrams · Lafayette Academy Inc United States · United States v. Klein
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 93 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]n affidavit may be referred to for purposes of providing particularity if the affidavit accompanies the warrant, and the warrant uses suitable words of reference which incorporate the affidavit.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“which are evidence, fruits, and instrumentalities of the violation of Title 18, United States Code Section 1341 [mail fraud].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“books, records, documents, consisting of but not limited to insurance applications, premium notices...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.