United States v. Jenrette’s Empirical Analysis
744 F.2d 817 · 1984
Citation profile
51 federal appellate · 7 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 83 later decisions — most recently July 2021 · most notably United States v. Blevins (1992), United States v. Gaviria (1997)
51 federal appellate · 7 district · 10 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
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Agurs · United States v. Russell · United States v. Bailey · Local 408, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. National Labor Relations Board
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.
“any reasonable, legal alternative to committing the crime.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“other courts of appeal have considered and rejected the contention that the government must have a reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing before offering a bribe to a public official.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“his credibility could not be undermined more than it already had been by his sporadic memory, criminal background, and dubious motives.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.