United States v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
74 F.3d 676 · 1996
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 84 later decisions — most recently August 2023 · most notably United States v. Tocco (2000), Morales v. American Honda Motor Co. (1998)
36 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 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. § 3553 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Huddleston v. United States · Frye v. United States · Brewster v. Derwinski · Tristani v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
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 84 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“generally beyond the understanding of the average layman.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“You should consider each expert opinion received in evidence in this case, and give it such weight as you may think it deserves. If you should decide that the opinion of an expert witness is not based upon sufficient education and experience, or if you should conclude that the reasons given in support of the opinion are not sound, or that the opinion is outweighed by other evidence, then you may disregard the opinion entirely.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“there is a significant risk that the jury will be confused by the officer's dual role,”
3 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.