United States v. Sun Myung Moon’s Empirical Analysis
718 F.2d 1210 · 1983
Citation profile
161 federal appellate · 17 district · 17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 282 later decisions — most recently September 2024 · most notably United States v. Torres (1990), United States v. Console (1993)
161 federal appellate · 17 district · 17 state decisions — followed in 13 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. § 1001 (Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990) · 18 U.S.C. § 1503 · 18 U.S.C. § 1623 · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 26 U.S.C. § 7206 · 28 U.S.C. § 1827
Relies on Perry v. Sindermann · Irvin v. Dowd · Sandstrom v. Montana · Smith v. Phillips · Cupp v. Naughten
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 282 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[E]ach situation in this area is sui generis.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[c]ourts generally `should be hesitant[ ] to haul jurors in after they have reached a verdict ... to probe for potential instances of bias, misconduct, or extraneous influences.'”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) that, while others similarly situated have not generally been proceeded against because of conduct of the type forming the basis of the charge against him, he has been singled out for [investigation], and (2) that the government’s discriminatory selection of him for [investigation] has been invidious or in bad faith, i.e., based upon such impermissible considerations as race, religion, or the desire to prevent his exercise of constitutional rights.”
7 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.