United States v. Sinclair’s Empirical Analysis
74 F.3d 753 · 1996
Citation profile
48 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 83 later decisions — most recently November 2022 · most notably United States v. Hall (1999), United States v. Acres of Land More or Less Situated in Leflore County State of Mississippi C III (1996)
48 federal appellate · 2 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. § 215 · 18 U.S.C. § 3006A (Criminal Justice Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 3553
Relies on Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · United States v. Dunnigan · Soberon v. United States · Needler v. Valley National Bank of Arizona · Amperex Electronic Corp. v. New York Racing Assn., 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 83 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“only when no reasonable person could agree”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Daubert does not create a special analysis for answering questions about the admissibility of all expert testimony. Instead, it provides a method for evaluating the reliability of witnesses who claim scientific expertise.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“To establish an obstruction of justice, the sentencing court must make an independent factual finding that the defendant engaged in a willful attempt to provide false testimony.”
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.