United States v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis
784 F.2d 787 · 1986
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently March 2013 · most notably United States v. Vega (1988), United States v. Thompson (1991)
35 federal appellate · 1 district · 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 18 U.S.C. § 3161 (§ 101 of the Speedy Trial Act of 1974) · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 641 (Livestock Fraud Protection Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 657
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Cronic · Commissioner v. Engle · Stafford v. Oklahoma
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Absent legal error, exclusions of time cannot be reversed except when there is an abuse of discretion by the court and a showing of actual prejudice.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“1. Over 98% of funding for the agency came from federal sources, i.e. state and county agencies providing funds under programs entirely funded by federal grants. 2. The government regulated how money could be spent. 3. It monitored and audited the progress of the grants and contracts. 4. It required periodic reports. 5. It could demand repayment if the money was either unspent or improperly spent.”
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.