United States v. Bigham’s Empirical Analysis
812 F.2d 943 · 1987
Citation profile
42 federal appellate · 1 district · 11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 60 later decisions — most recently November 2012 · most notably United States v. Cisneros-Gutierrez (2008), United States v. Reese (1993)
42 federal appellate · 1 district · 11 state decisions — followed in 10 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. § 241 (Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 242 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Monroe v. Pape · Tennessee v. Garner · Whitley v. Albers · Screws v. United States · Castor v. United States
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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Shillingford [v. Holmes, 634 F.2d 263 (5th Cir.1981)] was brought as a civil case under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , in contrast to this criminal case under 18 U.S.C. § 241 , 242. That is of no significance here. Whether a case is brought on the civil or criminal side of the docket, the actionable conduct is deprivation of rights secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States. The culpable intent will vary from willfulness of a criminal charge to something less in a civil complaint, and it may vary according to the particular constitutional right infringed. Otherwise, between the criminal and civil statutes the courts recognize the intent of Congress to cover the same cases, though providing different remedies.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The adequacy of the trial court's instruction must always be measured by the evidence and the issues raised there.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Deutcsh v. State“tends to prove degree of force and the existence or absence of its justification”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.