United States v. Arrington’s Empirical Analysis
719 F.2d 701 · 1983
Citation profile
74 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 134 later decisions — most recently August 2022 · most notably United States v. Burgos (1996), United States v. Saunders (1989)
74 federal appellate · 2 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. § 2315
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · Hamling v. United States · Dunn v. United States · Commonwealth National Bank v. Ashe
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 134 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“do not weigh the evidence or review the credibility of witnesses in resolving the issue of substantial evidence.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“To be convicted of aiding and abetting,'[p]articipation in every stage of an illegal venture is not required, only participation at some stage accompanied by knowledge of the result and intent to bring about that result.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“if there is substantial evidence, taking the view most favorable to the Government, to support it.”
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.