United States v. Bressler’s Empirical Analysis
772 F.2d 287 · 1985
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently June 2004 · most notably Norman D. Carter and Cecilia P. Carter v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (1986), United States v. Thomas (1986)
29 federal appellate · 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 26 U.S.C. § 7201 · 26 U.S.C. § 7203 · 5 U.S.C. § 552A (§ 3 of the Privacy Act of 1974)
Relies on S.S. Zoe Colocotroni v. Puerto Rico · Kelly v. United States · Guzman v. United States · United States v. Moore · United States v. Jackson
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“--did not constitute plain error because the court had properly instructed the jury that willfulness is a”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[t]here is no constitutional right ... to representation by nonlawyers or laymen.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“evidence clearly established that the defendant did not 'misunderstand' the law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.