United States v. Bennett’s Empirical Analysis
675 F.2d 596 · 1982
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently May 2021 · most notably United States v. Moore (1990), United States v. Ray (1994)
13 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 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. § 2113
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Romano v. United States · Joseph Skilken & Co. v. City of Toledo · United States v. Mitchell · Nebraska v. Iowa
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The propriety of an in-court eyewitness identification procedure is determined by the trial court in the exercise of its discretion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Nor does the denial of an in-court lineup amount to a denial of due process.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(d) Whoever, in committing, or in attempting to commit, any offense defined in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, assaults any person, or puts in jeopardy the life of any person by the use of a dangerous weapon or device, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty-five years, or both.”
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.