United States v. Welsh’s Empirical Analysis
721 F.2d 1142 · 1983
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
December 1993
most recently cited
12 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 659
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Rhode Island v. Innis · Holleman v. Duckworth · United States v. Carter
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is a well-established general proposition that a litigant cannot present to this court as a grounds for reversal an issue which was not presented to the trial court and which it, therefore, had no opportunity to decide.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“whether, after reviewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. United States v. Chu
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.