United States v. Ecker’s Empirical Analysis
923 F.2d 7 · 1991
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently October 2022
16 federal appellate · 3 district ·
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. § 4241 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · Gomez v. United States · United States v. Flaherty · Recticel Foam Corporation San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litigation Recticel Foam Corporation · United States v. Gold
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]o be a final order of the district court within the meaning of section 1291, the magistrate’s decision must have been reviewed by the district court, which retains ultimate decision-making power.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“from all final decisions of the district courts of the United States.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[m]andamus should be dispensed sparingly and only in pursuance of the most carefully written prescription, not made available over the counter, on casual demand.... If Ecker wanted a writ of mandamus directing the magistrate to rescind his commitment order ... he should have directed his arguments to the district court originally.”
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.