United States v. Dedman’s Empirical Analysis
527 F.3d 577 · 2008
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently February 2025 · most notably United States v. Boyd (2011), United States v. Geisen (2010)
17 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 1 U.S.C. § 7 · 10 U.S.C. § 1447 (Military Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 1989) · 10 U.S.C. § 1448 · 18 U.S.C. § 1001 (Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990) · 18 U.S.C. § 286 · 18 U.S.C. § 287 · 18 U.S.C. § 3231 · 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · United States v. Olano · Johnson v. United States · Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · Weinberger v. Salfi
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States, knowingly and willfully— (1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact; (2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation; or (3) makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry;”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The government’s case, though filtered through the use of three separate charges, required the jury to answer the following questions in the affirmative: did [Defendant] misrepresent her physical abilities and return to work or volunteer activities and, if so, was that misrepresentation material? The answer to both questions is no, even when viewed in the light most favorable to the government. The jury’s verdict to the contrary is not supported by the evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) an error occurred; (2) the error was obvious or clear; (3) the error affected his substantial rights; and (4) the error seriously affected the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of the judicial proceedings.”
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.