United States v. Allain’s Empirical Analysis
671 F.2d 248 · 1982
Citation profile
53 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions — most recently August 2011 · most notably United States v. Xheka (1983), United States v. Gironda (1985)
53 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 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. § 472
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Agurs · Giglio v. United States · Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · Michel 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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As long as ultimate disclosure is made before it is too late for the defendant to make use of any benefits of the evidence, Due Process is satisfied.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is nothing in Brady ... to require that such disclosures be made before trial”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“defense counsel was able to make good use of the impeaching evidence in his vigorous cross-examination of the prosecution witness”
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.