United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
793 F.2d 85 · 1986
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently September 2021 · most notably United States v. Garcia (2003), State v. House (1996)
7 federal appellate · 4 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. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 1952 · 18 U.S.C. § 3143 (Bail Reform Act of 1984) · 18 U.S.C. § 3148 (Bail Reform Act of 1984) · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 3771
Relies on Duncan v. State of Louisiana · Barefoot v. Estelle · Patton v. United States · Sloan v. Hicks · Williams v. Florida
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“one which is either novel, which has not been decided by controlling precedent, or which is fairly doubtful.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“must determine that the question raised on appeal is a “substantial” one, i.e. it must find that the significant question at issue is one which is either novel, which has not been decided by controlling precedent, or is fairly doubtful____ After the court finds that the question on appeal meets the new “substantial” test, it must determine whether that issue is sufficiently important to the merits that a contrary appellate ruling is likely to require reversal or a new trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“(1) that the defendant is not likely to flee or pose a danger to the safety of any other person or the community if released; (2) that the appeal is not for the purpose of delay; (3) that the appeal raises a substantial question of law or fact; and (4) that if that substantial question is determined favorably to defendant on appeal, that- decision is likely to result in reversal or an order for a new trial of all counts on which imprisonment has been imposed.”
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.