United States v. Hitt’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 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. § 1343 · 18 U.S.C. § 3282 · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 50 U.S.C. § 1701 (International Emergency Economic Powers Act) · 50 U.S.C. § 2410 · 50 U.S.C. § 4601
Relies on Stirone v. United States · Russell v. United States · Schmuck v. United States · Grunewald v. United States · Fiswick 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he crucial question in determining whether the statute of limitations has run is the scope of the conspiratorial agreement, for it is that which determines both the duration of the conspiracy, and whether the act relied on as an overt act may properly be regarded as in furtherance of the conspiracy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the grand jury believed that the single goal of the alleged conspiracy was the acquisition of the export licenses from the Department of Commerce, which goal was achieved on September 14, 1994.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“maintain the ongoing commercial relationship between McDonnell Douglas and CATIC and to promote the prospects for existing and future business contacts between the parties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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