United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
767 F.2d 521 · 1985
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently May 2023 · most notably United States v. Copley (1992), United States v. Copeland (1994)
15 federal appellate · 11 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. § 1153 · 18 U.S.C. § 1361
Relies on Morrissey v. Brewer · Gagnon v. Scarpelli · Black v. Romano · Kolender v. Lawson · United States v. Bazzano
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“these goals are satisfied when the oral findings in the transcript enable a reviewing court to determine the basis of the judge's decision to revoke probation.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The basis for requiring a written statement of facts is to ensure accurate fact finding and to provide 'an adequate basis for review to determine if the decision rests on permissible grounds supported by the evidence.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“unable to determine the basis of the district court's decision to revoke probation.”
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.