United States v. Montejo’s Empirical Analysis
442 F.3d 213 · 2006
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1028A · 18 U.S.C. § 1546 · 21 U.S.C. § 861 (§ 420 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 42 U.S.C. § 408 (§ 208 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Liparota v. United States · United States v. Tresvant · Lovett v. United States · Caribbean Petroleum Corp. v. Coastal Fuels of Puerto Rico, Inc. · United States v. Cook
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
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4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“That legislative history shows that Congress was concerned with aggravated identity theft, exactly what was charged in the indictment in this case. Montejo stole the identity of two entirely inno cent people, the holder of the alien identity number, and the holder of the Social Security number. Indeed, Congress provided in the statute for a sentence of two years in addition to any term of imprisonment otherwise provided for a violation of that statute. 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(l).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In general. Whoever, during and in relation to any felony violation enumerated in subsection (c), knowingly transfers, possesses, or uses, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person shall, in addition to the punishment provided for such felony, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 2 years.”
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.