United States v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
803 F.2d 87 · 1986
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently November 2016
11 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 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. § 1951 (Hobbs Act)
Relies on United States v. Valenzuela-Bernal · Geders v. United States · Johnson v. United States · United States v. Jannotti · Carter v. Hewitt
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[c]ross-examination should be limited to the subject matter of the direct examination and matters affecting the credibility of the witness.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. People v. Pratt · Chnapkova v. Koh“may ... in the discretion of the court, if probative of truthfulness or untruthfulness, be inquired into on cross-examination of the witness (1) concerning the witness' character for truthfulness or untruthfulness....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Chnapkova v. Koh“Specific instances of the conduct of a witness, for the purpose of attacking or supporting his credibility,... may not be proved by extrinsic evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. People v. Pratt
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.