United States v. Levin’s Empirical Analysis
2021
Citation profile
1 district ·
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Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2252A (§ 101 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on United States v. Cassiere · United States v. Delgado-Marrero · United States v. Pires · United States v. Sutton · United States v. Breton
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.
“[T]he issue is not whether a jury rationally could have acquitted but whether it rationally could have found guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]e have recognized that knowledge of child pornography 'often is shown through circumstantial evidence.'”
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.