United States v. Eide’s Empirical Analysis
875 F.2d 1429 · 1989
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 4 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently January 2024 · most notably United States v. Gonzalez-Sandoval (1990), United States v. Kim (2002)
24 federal appellate · 4 district · 4 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Hawaii District Court)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1365 (Federal Anti-Tampering Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 843 (§ 403 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Wong Sun v. United States · Colorado v. Connelly · Estelle v. Smith · California v. Beheler
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Coercive police activity is a necessary predicate to the finding that a confession is not `voluntary' within the meaning of the due process clause.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a reasonable innocent person in such circumstances would conclude that after brief questioning he or she would not be free to leave.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“formal arrest or a restraint on freedom of movement of the degree associated with formal arrest.”
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.