United States v. Marchant’s Empirical Analysis
803 F.2d 174 · 1986
Citation profile
21 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently June 2024 · most notably United States v. Gifford (1994), United States v. Rubio (1987)
21 federal appellate ·
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. § 1461 · 18 U.S.C. § 2252
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Glasser v. United States · Miller v. California · New York v. Ferber · Stanley v. Georgia
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the right to possess obscene material in the privacy of the home ... creates a correlative right to receive it....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“knowingly ... mails any visual depiction, if ... such visual depiction is of [a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct]; or ... knowingly receives any visual depiction that has been ... mailed ... if ... such visual depiction is of [a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The test is whether the evidence is sufficient to justify the trial judge, as trier of facts, in concluding beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty....”
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.