United States v. Ramirez’s Empirical Analysis
765 F.2d 438 · 1985
Citation profile
20 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently September 2017 · most notably United States v. Webster (1998), United States v. Gonzales (1996)
20 federal appellate ·
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. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 960
Relies on Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney · Wayte v. United States · Stafford v. Oklahoma · Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman · Public Broadcasting Service v. Network Project
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“First, [defendant] must make a prima facie showing that he has been singled out for prosecution although others similarly situated who have committed the same acts have not been prosecuted. Second, having made the first showing, he must then demonstrate that the government’s selective prosecution of him has been constitutionally invidious. The showing of invidiousness is made if [defendant] demonstrates that the government’s selective prosecution is actuated by constitutionally impermissible motives on its part, such as racial or religious discrimination.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The court shall order at any time that a subpoena be issued for service on a named witness upon an ex parte application of a defendant upon a satisfactory showing that the defendant is financially unable to pay the fees of the witness and that the presence of the witness is necessary to an adequate defense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“actuated by constitutionally impermissible motives ... such as racial ... discrimination.”
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.