United States v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
930 F.2d 789 · 1991
Citation profile
42 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 60 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2022 · most notably Stinson v. United States (1993), United States v. Saucedo (1991)
42 federal appellate · 5 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. § 16 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Delaware v. Van Arsdall · Davis v. Alaska · Pointer v. Texas · In re Disbarment of Johnson · Crisp v. Rubin
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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] matter is collateral if it could not have been introduced in evidence for any purpose other than impeachment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“by its nature, presented a serious potential risk of physical injury to another.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“There is no dispute that the issue of whether at some prior time Mr. Hyle stated he had fired first was relevant only for impeachment purposes. The indictment charged only the status offense of possession of a weapon and did not include assault charges. Who fired first was irrelevant to the issue of guilt. The defense effort to impeach Mr. Hyle on the issue of who fired first was therefore a collateral issue.... [Ijmpeachment on a collateral matter [is] properly excluded in the discretion of the trial court.”
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.