United States v. Mainard’s Empirical Analysis
5 F.3d 404 · 1993
Citation profile
18 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Kuntz v. City of Dayton · United States v. Hummer · United States v. Foreman · United States v. Green · United States v. Jerome Young, A/K/A Akbar Muhammed
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“was intended to punish those who abuse their special skills by using them to facilitate criminal activity....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A]buse of a special skill is a special kind of abuse ... of the trust that society reposes in a person when it enables him to acquire and have a skill that other members of society do not possess.”); but see Petersen, 98 F.3d at 507 (holding that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. United States v. Lee“[T]he Guideline's use of the word `facilitated' implies that an enhancement for use of a special skill under section 3B1.3 should apply if the special skill made it significantly easier for the defendant to commit or conceal the crime.”
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.