United States v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis
733 F.2d 327 · 1984
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2022 · most notably United States v. Rawle (1988), United States v. Harrelson (1985)
19 federal appellate · 3 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 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Stack v. Boyle · Mackay v. Nesbett · Morris v. Gressette · Cohen v. United States · United States v. Parodi
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“better practice suggests that if the agent is to testify, he should testify as the Government's first witness, unless ... there [are] good reasons otherwise.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The grant of a severance ... is a matter within the discretion of the district court and the denial of a severance will be reversed only for clear error.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“has a right to make an exception from a general rule of sequestration in favor of the chief investigating agent of the government involved in a trial.”
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.