United States v. Wallach’s Empirical Analysis
935 F.2d 445 · 1991
Citation profile
148 federal appellate · 17 district · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 316 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2023 · most notably United States v. Hinkson (2009), United States v. Diaz (1999)
148 federal appellate · 17 district · 14 state decisions — followed in 10 states
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 15 U.S.C. § 78J (§ 10 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 78M (§ 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 18 U.S.C. § 1001 (Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990) · 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 1346 · 18 U.S.C. § 1961 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 2
Relies on United States v. Agurs · Berger v. United States · Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · Napue v. People of the State of Illinois · Pereira 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 316 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if there is any reasonable likelihood that the false testimony could have affected the judgment of the jury.”
19 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises ... for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice or attempting so to do, [the person] places in any post office or authorized depository for mail matter, any matter or thing whatever to be sent or delivered by the Postal Service, or takes or receives therefrom, any such thing[.]”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“shareholders do not hold legal title to any of the corporation's assets. Instead, the corporation - the entity itself - is vested with the title.”
3 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.