United States v. Foley’s Empirical Analysis
871 F.2d 235 · 1989
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently July 2021 · most notably United States v. Garcia-Rosa (1989), United States v. Hadfield (1990)
37 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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. § 1503 · 18 U.S.C. § 1623 · 18 U.S.C. § 3500
Relies on Santoni v. United States · Palermo v. United States · Goldberg v. United States · Harris v. Rivera · Colley v. National Bank of Texas
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Our review of the facts is made in the light most favorable to the government and drawing all reasonable inferences in its favor.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“substantially verbatim recital of an oral statement made by a witness,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“After a witness called by the United States has testified on direct examination, the court shall, on motion of the defendant, order the United States to produce any statement (as hereinafter defined) of the witness in the possession of the United States which relates to the subject matter as to which the witness has testified. If the entire contents of any such statement relate to the subject matter of the testimony of the witness, the court shall order it to be delivered directly to the defendant for his examination and use.”
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.