United States v. Fleming’s Empirical Analysis
526 F.2d 191 · 1975
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Hamling v. United States · United States v. Debrow · Mark Trail Camp Grounds, Inc. v. Field Enterprises, Inc. · Taylor v. United States · Economic Research Analysts, Inc. v. O'Connell
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“first, contains the elements of the offense charged and fairly informs a defendant of the charge against which he must defend, and, second, enables him to plead an acquittal or conviction in bar of future prosecutions for the same offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The indictment or the information shall be a plain, concise and definite written statement of the essential facts constituting the offense charged.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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