United States v. Case’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate ·

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

1. “'consciously act[ed] with the purpose of obstructing justice ... ’”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 287 F. Supp. 2d 250 - United States v. Salim · United States of America v. Gh Lincecum

2. “(a) threatening, intimidating, or otherwise unlawfully influencing a co-defendant, witness, or juror, directly or indirectly, or attempting to do so; (b) committing, suborning, or attempting to suborn perjury; (c) producing or attempting to produce a false, altered, or counterfeit document or record during an official investigation or judicial proceeding; (f) providing materially false information to a judge or magistrate; (g) providing a materially false statement to a law enforcement officer that significantly obstructed or impeded the official investigation or prosecution of the instant offense ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 66 F. Supp. 2d 493 - United States v. Cusack