United States v. Snyder’s Empirical Analysis
707 F.2d 139 · 1983
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions — most recently February 2019 · most notably United States v. Collins (1990), United States v. Montoya (1987)
37 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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. § 3161 (§ 101 of the Speedy Trial Act of 1974) · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 752
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Newman Oil Co. · United States v. Bell · 103 S. Ct. 200 - United States v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · United States v. Garcia
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“First, although there need not be proof of actual wrongdoing, “there must be at least a reasonable possibility that some specifically identifiable impropriety did in fact occur.” Second, “a court must also find that the likelihood of public suspicion or obloquy outweighs the social interests which will be served by a lawyer’s continued participation in a particular case.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Under this analysis, a defendant cannot waive his right to be represented by a lawyer who is innocent of serious impropriety, “because the ethical violation involves public perception of the lawyer and the legal system rather than some difficulty in the attorney’s effective representation of the defendant.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“'in disqualification cases ... where the facts are not in dispute, District Courts enjoy no particular functional advantage over appellate courts in their formulation and application of ethical norms.'”
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.