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United States v. Needham’s Empirical Analysis

852 F.3d 830 · 2017

Citation profile

11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
January 2025
most recently cited

2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2252

Relies on Smith v. Phillips · United States v. Haidley · United States v. Wadena · United States v. Tucker · United States v. Johnson

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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “would have been harmless and could not have substantially influenced the jury's verdict ... because of the overwhelming evidence provided by the government of [the defendant's] guilt”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “The party authenticating the exhibit need only prove a rational basis for that party's claim that the document is what it is asserted to be.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “'courts presume that a prospective juror is impartial,' [so] establishing juror partiality is a high hurdle.”
    1 later decision 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.