United States v. Echevarria’s Empirical Analysis
33 F.3d 175 · 1994
Citation profile
68 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 78 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably United States v. Bradley (2011), United States v. Ghertler (2010)
68 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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) · 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 21 U.S.C. § 843 (§ 403 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 42 U.S.C. § 408 (§ 208 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Yagow v. United States · Lane v. Peterson · Granito v. United States · Nicholas v. United States · Joseph v. United States
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 78 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“characterized by professional or managerial discretion (i.e., substantial discretionary judgment that is ordinarily given considerable deference). Persons holding such positions ordinarily are subject to significantly less supervision than employees whose responsibilities are primarily non-discretionary in nature.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“an enhancement for vulnerable victims is appropriate where the exploitation of patients is part of the scam.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The court of appeals shall give due regard to the opportunity of the district court to judge the credibility of the witnesses, and shall accept the findings of fact of the district court unless they are clearly erroneous and shall give due deference to the district court’s application of the guidelines to the facts.”
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.