United States v. Steil’s Empirical Analysis
916 F.2d 485 · 1990
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 75 later decisions — most recently February 2020 · most notably United States v. S.A. (1997), United States v. Boigegrain (1998)
43 federal appellate · 4 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. § 3142 (Bail Reform Act of 1984) · 18 U.S.C. § 4243 · 18 U.S.C. § 4245 · 18 U.S.C. § 4246 · 18 U.S.C. § 4247 · 26 U.S.C. § 5861 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968)
Relies on Charter Co. v. Certified Class in the Charter Securities Litigation · Frates v. Weinshienk · Air Line Pilots Ass'n, International v. Thurston · Marino v. Vasquez · United States v. Hurtado
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 75 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“presently suffering from a mental disease or defect as a result of which his release would create a substantial risk of bodily harm to another person or serious damage to the property of another.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the Attorney General must continue to make all reasonable efforts to place [Dixon] in a suitable state facility, and to prepare annual reports concerning [Dixon's] mental condition and the need for his continued hospitalization.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“placement in an appropriate state institution ... depends upon finding a state institution that is willing to accept [the detainee]”
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.