United States v. Cole’s Empirical Analysis
622 F.2d 98 · 1980
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently June 2012 · most notably United States v. Smith (2006), United States v. Gravely (1988)
19 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
Relies on Davis v. Alaska · Rowell v. United States · Paternostro v. United States · United States v. Chevoor · United States v. Adler
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“not so broad 'as to deprive the district court of all discretion in limiting needless or confusing inquiry into collateral matters.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“cross examination is a precious one, essential to a fair trial.”
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.