Fischer v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
113 federal appellate · 34 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 230 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2025 · most notably Mikes v. Straus (2001), United States v. Ollison (2009)
113 federal appellate · 34 district · 7 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedUnited States v. Fischer (from Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Lopez · United States v. Bass · Thomas Jefferson University v. Shalala · United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · Salinas 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 230 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To determine whether an organization participating in a federal assistance program receives “benefits,” an examination must be undertaken of the program’s structure, operation, and purpose. The inquiry should examine the conditions under which the organization receives the federal payments. The answer could depend, as it does here, on whether the recipient’s own operations are one of the reasons for maintaining the program.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he language of [§ 666] reveals Congresses] expansive, unambiguous intent to ensure the integrity of organizations participating in federal assistance programs.”). 9 . On appeal, Shoemaker seems to defend both interpretations of the district court’s opinion:”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“receives, in any one year period, benefits in excess of $10,000 under a Federal program involving a grant, contract, subsidy, loan, guarantee, insurance, or other form of Federal assistance.”
6 later decisions 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.