United States v. Sherlock’s Empirical Analysis
962 F.2d 1349 · 1989
Citation profile
136 federal appellate · 6 district · 49 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 275 later decisions — most recently November 2023 · most notably United States v. Necoechea (1993), United States v. Baker (1993)
136 federal appellate · 6 district · 49 state decisions — followed in 19 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 18 U.S.C. § 113
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Bruton v. United States · United States v. Bagley · United States v. Agurs · United States v. Young
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 275 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“fundamental conceptions of justice which lie at the base of our civil and political institutions.”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“actual, non-speculative prejudice from the delay.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A conviction obtained by the knowing use of perjured testimony must be set aside if there is any reasonable likelihood that the false testimony could have affected the outcome of the trial.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.