United States v. Mitcheltree’s Empirical Analysis
940 F.2d 1329 · 1991
Citation profile
66 federal appellate · 5 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 95 later decisions — most recently August 2022 · most notably United States v. Saucedo (1991), United States v. Williamson (1995)
66 federal appellate · 5 district · 10 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. § 1512 · 18 U.S.C. § 1515 · 18 U.S.C. § 3143 (Bail Reform Act of 1984) · 18 U.S.C. § 3147 (Bail Reform Act of 1984) · 18 U.S.C. § 333 · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 473 · 21 U.S.C. § 331 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Chapman v. State of California · Wong Sun v. United States · United States v. Wade · Delaware v. Van Arsdall
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 95 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a)(2) ... if any person commits such a violation after conviction of him under this section has become final, or commits such a violation with the intent to defraud or mislead, such person shall be imprisoned for not more than three years or fined not more than $10,000, or both.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“'sparingly, solely in those circumstances in which a miscarriage of justice would otherwise result.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[wjhoever embezzles, steals, or unlawfully takes, carries away, or conceals, or by fraud or deception obtains from any ... storage facility, station ... platform or depot ... with intent to convert to his own use any goods or chattels moving as or which are a part of or which constitute an interstate or foreign shipment of freight, express, or other property.... Shall in each case be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.