United States v. Cintolo’s Empirical Analysis
818 F.2d 980 · 1987
Citation profile
157 federal appellate · 19 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 218 later decisions — most recently December 2023 · most notably United States v. Zannino (1990), United States v. Sepulveda (1993)
157 federal appellate · 19 district · 10 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. § 1503 · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 28 U.S.C. § 1503
Relies on Glasser v. United States · United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Roviaro v. United States · Cupp v. Naughten · United States v. Harriss
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 218 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“by any threatening letter or communication”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is deemed to have adopted the prior acts and declarations of coconspirators, made after the formation and in furtherance of the conspiracy.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“demonstrated an authentic `necessity,' given the circumstances, to overbear the qualified privilege.”
3 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.