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110 F. Supp. 2d 918 - United States v. Acosta’s Empirical Analysis

2000

Citation profile

3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
August 2010
most recently cited

1 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1961 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 636

Relies on Illinois v. Gates · United States v. Leon · Franks v. Delaware · Aguilar v. Texas · Coolidge v. New Hampshire

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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “The First Amendment protects individuals' right of free association. Gang membership is not a crime.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “[t]he mere fact, or even allegation, of gang membership carries a strong taint of criminality.”
    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.