United States v. Blitstein’s Empirical Analysis
626 F.2d 774 · 1980
Citation profile
41 federal appellate · 3 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 59 later decisions — most recently July 2010 · most notably United States v. Pepe (1984), United States v. Collins (1990)
41 federal appellate · 3 district · 10 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 18 U.S.C. § 1343 · 18 U.S.C. § 1952 · 18 U.S.C. § 875
Relies on Spinelli v. United States · Oyler v. Boles · Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · Weatherford v. Bursey · California v. Civil Aeronautics Board
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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it is the obligation of a criminal defendant to demonstrate that the government's prosecution of him was based on impermissible discriminatory grounds.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brown v. State · Crumley v. State“The totality of the Government’s evidence was strong. Where the evidence against the accused is strong, the appellant must show that the prejudice he claims constitutes plain error. Hail v. United States, 404 F.2d 1367 (10th Cir.1969). A conviction will not be disturbed on appeal where it is clear, after a careful review of the whole record, that the alleged errors did not deprive the appellant of his substantial rights.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Those who use the tools of the legal profession to prostitute its high standards of ethical and moral conduct serve only to destroy the admirable goals and aims of our criminal justice system.”
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.