United States v. Kirk’s Empirical Analysis
844 F.2d 660 · 1988
Citation profile
58 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 82 later decisions — most recently January 2017 · most notably United States v. Schaff (1991), Merrick v. Farmers Insurance Group (1990)
58 federal appellate · 2 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. § 3231 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on United States v. Turkette · Vandygriff v. Phillips · Hannahville Indian Community v. United States · United States v. McConney · Marino 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 82 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“are not offered for the truth of the matter asserted, but were admitted to establish that the statement was made or to demonstrate the effect the statement had on the hearer.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“1) the value of the transcript to the defendant in connection with the appeal or trial for which it is sought, and 2) the availability of alternative devices that would fulfill the same functions as a transcript.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“must, as a matter of equal protection, provide indigent prisoners with the basic tools of an adequate defense or appeal, when those tools are available for a price to other prisoners.”
2 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.