United States v. McClellan’s Empirical Analysis
868 F.2d 210 · 1989
Citation profile
64 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 94 later decisions — most recently April 2025 · most notably United States v. Koon (1994), United States v. Castner (1995)
64 federal appellate · 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. § 152
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Blockburger v. United States · Simmons v. United States · Ohio v. Roberts · United States v. Maze
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 94 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A trial judge has broad discretion in determining when a cautionary instruction, as opposed to a mistrial, can prevent any possible prejudice.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“the defendants' present foreseeable ability to pay.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Testimony given as a witness at another hearing of the same or a different proceeding, or in a deposition taken in compliance with law in the course of the same or another proceeding, if the party against whom the testimony is now offered, or, in a civil action or proceeding, a predecessor in interest, had an opportunity and similar motive to develop the testimony by direct, cross, or redirect examination.”
1 later decision 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.