United States v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
627 F.3d 146 · 2010
Citation profile
41
cited by 41 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
May 2025
most recently cited
9 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Franks v. Delaware · Harmelin v. Michigan · Zafiro v. United States · County Court of Ulster Cty. v. Allen · Ewing v. California
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he defendant bears the burden of showing specific and compelling prejudice that resulted in an unfair trial, and such prejudice must be of a type against which the trial court was unable to afford protection.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“successful Eighth Amendment challenges to prison-term lengths will be rare.”
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.