Hanlester Network v. Shalala’s Empirical Analysis
51 F.3d 1390 · 1995
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 3 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions — most recently July 2025 · most notably Easyriders Freedom F.I.G.H.T. v. Hannigan (1996), United States v. LaHue (2001)
15 federal appellate · 3 district · 9 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. § 201 (Bank Bribery Amendments) · 31 U.S.C. § 5324 (§ 1354 of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986) · 42 U.S.C. § 1320A (§ 1128 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1320A (§ 1128b of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1396H (§ 1909 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. · Ratzlaf et Ux United States · Boyce Motor Lines, Inc. v. United States · Bifulco v. United States · Moskal 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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The legislative history demonstrates that Congress, by use of the phrase `knowingly and willfully' to describe the type of conduct prohibited under the anti-kickback laws, intended to shield from prosecution only those whose conduct `while improper, was inadvertent.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[The Act] chills no constitutional rights.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Whoever knowingly and willfully offers any remuneration (including any kickback, bribe, or rebate) directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind, to any person to induce such person-(A) to refer an individual to a person for the furnishing or arranging the furnishing of any item or service for which payment may be made in whole or in part under a Federal health care program, or (B) to ... arrange for or recommend ... ordering any facility, service or item for which payment may be made in whole or in part under a Federal health care program, shall be guilty of a felony.”
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.