United States v. Pratt’s Empirical Analysis
913 F.2d 982 · 1990
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 7 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently September 2024 · most notably United States v. Gifford (1994), United States v. Lopez (1991)
35 federal appellate · 7 district · 2 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. § 16 · 18 U.S.C. § 2510 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 2511 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Katz v. United States · Brown v. Ohio · Malloy v. Hogan · Alderman v. United States
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(Docket No. 91). In this regard, the Magistrate Judge found that under United States v. Aiudi, 835 F.2d 943, 946 (1st Cir.1987): [T]he Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that a search conducted by state police officers pursuant to an invalid warrant did not necessitate suppression of the evidence in federal court because a federal agent, who was at the scene at the time of the search, had authority to enter the premises without a warrant to”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Assessing the danger that a witness faces 'is a determination for the court, not the witness, to make, and [it] is subject to the discretion of the district court.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“so substantial to require, if uncontroverted, a directed verdict of acquittal ... it must be more than a mere scintilla.”
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.