United States v. Castaldi’s Empirical Analysis
547 F.3d 699 · 2008
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 3553
Relies on United States v. Booker · Rita v. United States · Sells v. United States · United States v. Dean · United States v. Cunningham
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.
“conclude that no rational finder of fact could find that Castaldi entered into a scheme to defraud * * * given that he took money he was not rightfully owed from the account * * * and that, given his knowledge of the proper procedures to follow with such funds, he did so knowing it did not belong to him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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