United States v. Covington’s Empirical Analysis
783 F.2d 1052 · 1985
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 5 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently December 2016 · most notably United States v. Yousef (2003), United States v. Abu Ali (2008)
14 federal appellate · 5 district · 6 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. § 3731 · 48 U.S.C. § 1681
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Edwards v. Arizona · Stone v. Powell · Reid v. Covert · Goldstein v. United States
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.
“exercises powers of administration, legislation, and jurisdiction ... pursuant to an agreement with the United Nations.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the United States does not possess sovereignty over the Trust Territory”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the constitutional guarantees of the fifth amendment as well as other constitutional safeguards secure United States citizens against acts of agents of the United States whether acting at home or abroad”); United States v. Pullen, 721 F.2d 788, 790 (11th Cir.1983) (holding that Miranda applies to”
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.