United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
795 F.2d 841 · 1986
Citation profile
69 federal appellate · 9 district · 17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 124 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2022 · most notably United States v. Sanchez-Lopez (1989), United States v. Terry (1990)
69 federal appellate · 9 district · 17 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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. § 2251 (Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 2252 · 18 U.S.C. § 2255 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Illinois v. Gates · United States v. Ventresca · Connally v. General Construction Co. · Miller v. California · New York v. Ferber
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 124 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[s]uch a loophole is inconsistent with congressional intent.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(2) “sexually explicit conduct” means actual or simulated— (A) sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex; (B) bestiality; (C) masturbation; (D) sadistic or masochistic abuse; or (E) lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of any person;”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]f it appears that a defendant ... is prejudiced by a joinder of offenses ... in an indictment ... the court may order an election or separate trials of counts.”
4 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.