United States v. Currier’s Empirical Analysis
821 F.2d 52 · 1987
Citation profile
62 federal appellate · 1 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 78 later decisions — most recently May 2015 · most notably State v. Agee (1990), United States v. Devin (1990)
62 federal appellate · 1 district · 8 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. § 1202 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · Harrington v. California · United States v. Turkette · Schneble v. Florida
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 78 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although relevant, evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury, or by considerations of undue delay, waste of time, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“did not fall within the ambit of reasonable debate.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“admissible to complete the story of a crime.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.