United States v. Tham’s Empirical Analysis
665 F.2d 855 · 1981
Citation profile
47 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2016 · most notably United States v. Young (1985), United States v. Monroe (1991)
47 federal appellate · 3 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 29 U.S.C. § 439 · 29 U.S.C. § 501
Relies on Roviaro v. United States · Finch v. Connor · United Mine Workers, Local No. 1854 v. National Labor Relations Board · Fisher v. United States · Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. v. Smith
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“not to testify truthfully, but to testify favorably to the government”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[D]ismissal of an indictment is only required in extreme situations, as where the prosecutor knowingly presents perjured testimony.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a much better position to understand the circumstances surrounding the alleged misconduct.”
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.