United States v. Scarpa’s Empirical Analysis
897 F.2d 63 · 1990
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 2 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 59 later decisions — most recently June 2021 · most notably United States v. Scarpa (1990), United States of America v. Zolton Williams (2000)
20 federal appellate · 2 district · 7 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. § 1951 (Hobbs Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 848 (§ 408 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Edwards v. Arizona · Massiah v. United States · Moran v. Burbine · Brewer v. Williams
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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[D]eterminations of relevance are entrusted to the sound discretion of the trial judge, and his decision will not be overturned unless he has acted arbitrarily or irrationally.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“any relevant written or recorded statements made by the defendant ... within the possession, custody or control of the government.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A defendant may not seek to establish his innocence . . . through proof of the absence of criminal acts on specific occasions.”
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.