United States v. Brone’s Empirical Analysis
792 F.2d 1504 · 1986
Citation profile
49 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 73 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably United States v. Spillone (1989), United States v. Simpson (1987)
49 federal appellate · 7 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. § 2518 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986)
Relies on Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · United States v. Giordano · Harris v. McRae · Nogueras v. Puerto Rico International Airlines, Inc. · California v. Arizona
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 73 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a full and complete statement as to whether or not other investigative procedures have been tried and failed or why they reasonably appear to be unlikely to succeed if tried or to be too dangerous.”
19 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“set[ ] forth the results thus far obtained from the interception, or a reasonable explanation for the failure to obtain such results.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The necessity for the wiretap is evaluated in light of the government's need not merely to collect some evidence, but to 'develop an effective case against those involved in the conspiracy.'”
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.