United States v. Silver’s Empirical Analysis
235 F.2d 375 · 1956
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently August 2008 · most notably United States v. Bilzerian (1991), United States v. Marchisio (1965)
39 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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. § 1001 (Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990)
Relies on United States v. Debrow · United States v. Gilliland · Wales ex rel. Wales Trucking Co. v. United States · Leviton Et Al. v. United States · Consolidated Gas Electric Light & Power Co. v. Pennsylvania Water & Power Co.
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““[Tjhere is properly a distinction between a scheme of concealing or covering up a ‘material fact’ and the making of a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement. An attempt to conceal or cover up may properly be limited only to facts which are important and material. On the other hand, a fact deliberately or willfully misstated in a matter of appropriate governmental inquiry seems properly punishable even if it is only a gratuitous red herring. As such it can of course obstruct, delay, or deflect an inquiry which is pressing home to uncover fraud upon the government.” 235 F.2d at 377 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““If the statute, correctly interpreted, makes materiality an essential part of the crime, then the statute, although not expressly referring thereto, nevertheless, by implication, imports the element of materiality. Accordingly, the indictment, using the very words of the statute, necessarily by implication imports an allegation that the false statements were material. To put it differently, if the statute, without mentioning materiality, implies that element, then so does the indictment; the shorthand expression sufficient in the one is equally sufficient in the other.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.