United States v. George’s Empirical Analysis
971 F.2d 1113 · 1992
Citation profile
47 federal appellate · 8 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 90 later decisions — most recently April 2023 · most notably Douglass v. United Services Automobile Ass'n (1996), United States v. Zapata (1994)
47 federal appellate · 8 district · 2 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. § 3731 · 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on Katz v. United States · Graham v. Connor · United States v. Leon · Franks v. Delaware · Thomas v. Arn
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 90 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“as part of its obligation to determine de novo any issue to which proper objection is made, a district court is required to consider all arguments directed to that issue, regardless of whether they were raised before the magistrate. By definition, de novo review entails consideration of an issue as if it had not been decided previously.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] judge of the court may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations by the magistrate judge. The judge may also receive further evidence or recommit the matter to the magistrate with instructions.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a de novo determination of those portions of the [Magistrate Judge's] report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made.”
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.