United States v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis
744 F.2d 701 · 1984
Citation profile
68 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 85 later decisions — most recently February 2016 · most notably United States v. Gallo (1985), United States v. Ayers (1991)
68 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 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. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002) · 26 U.S.C. § 7206
Relies on Morris v. Slappy · Will v. United States · United States v. Maze · Benjamin v. United States · CPC International Inc. v. Dimmitt Agri Industries, 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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“insistence upon expeditiousness in the face of a justifiable request for delay.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“fraudulent scheme triggered the mailings, which would not have occurred except as a step in the scheme”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'To demonstrate reversible error, the defendant must show that the denial resulted in actual prejudice to his defense.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. United States v. Seale Ej a · United States v. Earnest Seale, Jr., AKA E.J. (89-4098), William McCrady (90-3007), Lester Ware, AKA Larry Lester (90-3008), Crystal Woodard (90-3014), Edward Sylvester Gray (90-3209), William McCrady (90-3211), Michael Jerome Davis (90-3215) and Thomas A. Walker, AKA Tony Walker
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.