United States v. Goodwin’s Empirical Analysis
854 F.2d 33 · 1988
Citation profile
53 federal appellate · 4 district · 11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 91 later decisions — most recently July 2019 · most notably United States v. Jones (1994), United States v. Gifford (1994)
53 federal appellate · 4 district · 11 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. § 2252 · 18 U.S.C. § 2256
Relies on Lord Electric Co. v. United States · Hampton v. United States · Alder v. United States · Mullins Coal Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs · United States v. Twigg
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 91 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is on a sure course to its destination, as in the mail, prior issuance of a warrant is permissible.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“only where the official conduct is outrageous, not simply offensive.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Any person who--... knowingly receives [ ] any visual depiction that has been mailed [ ] in interstate commerce [ ], if the producing of such visual depiction involves the use of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct; and such visual depiction is of such conduct ... shall be punished as provided in subsection(b).”
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.