United States v. Ford’s Empirical Analysis
627 F.2d 807 · 1980
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently August 2020 · most notably United States v. Peters (1986), United States v. Christoph (1990)
26 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 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. § 4004 · 28 U.S.C. § 1441 · 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on United States v. Tucker · United States v. Robinson · Bates v. State Bar · Dorszynski v. United States · Padilla-Martinez v. United States
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“timely notice of appeal is not 'jurisdictional' in the sense of subject matter jurisdiction”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In a criminal case, a defendant shall file the notice of appeal in the district court within 10 days after the entry either of the judgment or order appealed from, or of a notice of appeal by the Government. Upon a showing of excusable neglect, the district court may — before or after the time has expired, with or without motion and notice — extend the time for filing a notice of appeal for a period not to exceed 30 days from the expiration of the time otherwise prescribed by this subdivision.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]n a case such as this, in which a “document is filed within the 40-day period which represents a clear assertion of an intent to appeal, courts of appeals have the power to overlook irregularities where fairness and justice so require.””
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.