United States v. Burgin’s Empirical Analysis
621 F.2d 1352 · 1980
Citation profile
28 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently July 2024 · most notably United States v. Torres (1990), Kogan v. People (1988)
28 federal appellate · 1 district · 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
Relies on Starnes v. Penrod Drilling Co. · Will v. United States · Dennis v. United States · Hammerschmidt v. United States · United States v. Utah Construction & Mining Co.
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] bill of particulars may not be used to compel the Government to disclose evidentiary details or to explain the legal theories upon which it intends to rely at trial.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is designed and intended to protect the integrity of the United States and its agencies, programs and policies.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose”
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.