United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

38 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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “such falsity ... as to fool an honest, sensible, and unsuspecting person of ordinary observation and care.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Chodor · United States v. Michael Anthony Brissette, United States of America v. Kentley H. Thomas, A/K/A Thomas Kentley

2. ““Whoever has in his possession or custody, except under authority from the Secretary of the Treasury or other proper officer, any obligation or other security made or executed, in whole or in part, after the similitude of any obligation or other security issued under the authority of the United States, with intent to sell or otherwise use the same; or Whoever prints, photographs, or in any other manner makes or executes any engraving, photograph, print, or impression in the likeness of any such obligation or other security, or any part thereof, or sells any such engraving, photograph, print, or impression except to the United States, or brings into the United States, any such engraving, photograph, print, or impression, except by direction of some proper officer of the United States; * * * * -X- * Shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than fifteen years, or both.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 361 F. Supp. 1045 - Wholesale Vendors of Texas, Inc. v. United States

3. “The very word connotes a similitude, without which there is no counterfeit.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Gomes