United States v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
897 F.2d 162 · 1990
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 7 U.S.C. § 2024
Relies on Liparota v. United States · Hullum v. United States · United States v. Howard · United States v. Walker · United States v. Roberts
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he accused's substantial rights are not affected unless there is a reasonable possibility that the errors are prejudicial; i.e., that they `might have contributed' to the defendant's conviction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bagheri v. State
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.