United States v. Sultan’s Empirical Analysis
115 F.3d 321 · 1997
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently July 2016
16 federal appellate · 1 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. § 2320
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · United States v. Dean · United States v. Jaramillo · United States v. Onick · United States v. Ismoila
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'slight evidence' " linking the defendant to the conspiracy, United States v. Leonard, 61 F.3d 1181, 1187 (5th Cir.1995) (quoting United States v. Duncan, 919 F.2d 981, 991 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 500 U.S. 926 , 111 S.Ct. 2036 , 114 L.Ed.2d 121 (1991)), although "mere ... association with participants in criminal activity, without more, cannot serve as a basis for a conviction,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re: Mulderig“(1) the defendant trafficked or attempted to traffic in goods or services; (2) such trafficking, or the attempt to traffic, was intentional; (3) the defendant used a counterfeit mark on or in connection with such goods or services; and (4) the defendant knew that the mark so used was counterfeit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the defendant's act [or actions] contributed to the execution of the criminal activity and that he intended to aid in its commission.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re: Mulderig
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.