United States v. Carmichael’s Empirical Analysis
685 F.2d 903 · 1982
Citation profile
42 federal appellate · 5 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions — most recently December 2021 · most notably United States v. Frost (1997), United States v. Miller (1985)
42 federal appellate · 5 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 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 28 U.S.C. § 1861 (Jury Selection and Service Act of 1968) · 28 U.S.C. § 1863 · 28 U.S.C. § 1867 · 42 U.S.C. § 1973I (§ 11 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965)
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Santoni v. United States · Royal Netherlands Steamship Co. v. Strachan Shipping Co. · Association of National Advertisers, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission · Zanfardino 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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'implying a connection of logical relationship.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Whoever knowingly or willfully gives false information as to his name, address, or period of residence in the voting district for the purpose of establishing his eligibility to register or vote, or conspires with another individual for the purpose of encouraging his false registration to vote or illegal voting, or pays or offers to pay or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both: Provided, however, That this provision shall be applicable only to general, special, or primary elections held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the United States Senate, Member of the United States House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.”
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.