United States v. Nersesian’s Empirical Analysis
824 F.2d 1294 · 1987
Citation profile
257 federal appellate · 15 district · 22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 526 later decisions — most recently September 2021 · most notably United States v. Rusher (1992), United States v. Torres (1990)
257 federal appellate · 15 district · 22 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. § 1001 (Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990) · 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 2518 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 812 (§ 202 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Terry v. Ohio · Illinois v. Gates · Glasser 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 526 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[d]ecisions whether to engage in cross-examination, and if so to what extent and in what manner, are ... strategic in nature”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is well settled that the decision whether to admit expert testimony under Fed.R.Evid. 702 is vested in the broad discretion of the trial court, and that decision will be sustained unless manifestly erroneous.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] jury's verdict will be sustained if there is substantial evidence, taking the view most favorable to the government, to support it.”
4 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.