United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
992 F.2d 98 · 1993
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bender v. Williamsport Area School District · Harris v. McRae · United States v. Musa · Horn v. Transcon Lines, Inc. · Foremost Sales Promotions, Inc. v. Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In all cases of conviction by a United States magistrate an appeal of right shall he from the judgment of the magistrate to a judge of the district court of the district in which the offense was committed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“identified this court rather than the district court as the reviewing body, that error does not deprive the lower court of jurisdiction”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[O]ne convicted of a misdemeanor before a magistrate judge must first appeal to the district court before [he] may seek review here.”
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.