United States v. MacCloskey’s Empirical Analysis
682 F.2d 468 · 1982
Citation profile
70 federal appellate · 4 district · 25 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 167 later decisions — most recently August 2018 · most notably United States v. Blackwell (1982), United States v. Stockton (1986)
70 federal appellate · 4 district · 25 state decisions — followed in 14 states
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. § 1114 · 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on Bartkus v. People of State of Illinois · Rogers v. United States · Webb v. Texas · Roberts v. United States · Association of National Advertisers, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission
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 167 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“whether there is substantial evidence (direct or circumstantial) which, taken in the light most favorable to the prosecution, would warrant a jury finding that the defendant was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”
26 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a drug trafficking crime. We affirm the district court's judgment. 2 The standard of review for a denial of a motion for judgment of acquittal is whether, in viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[She] was the primary defense witness. The testimony she gave in the first voir dire was detailed and contradicted, or offered innocent explanations to, [other] damaging testimony. In short, her detailed testimony was vital to [the] defense. Since the evidence against [the defendant] was not overwhelming ... we are unable to say that the error was harmless.”
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.