United States v. Baker’s Empirical Analysis
626 F.2d 512 · 1980
Citation profile
59 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 76 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2020 · most notably United States v. Yermian (1984), United States v. Johnson (1983)
59 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 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. § 1001 (Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990)
Relies on Michel v. United States · Jones v. Nor-Tex Agencies, Inc. · Gray v. United States · Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. v. Smith · Hall v. Cole
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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]hoever, for the purpose of obtaining or aiding to obtain the payment of [a “claim upon or against the Government of the United States or any department or officer therefor, or any corporation in which the United States of America is a stockholder”], or for the purpose and with the intent of cheating and swindling or defrauding the Government of the United States or any department thereof, or any corporation in which the United States of America is a stockholder, shall knowingly and willfully falsify or conceal or cover up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact, or make or cause to be made any false or fraudulent statements or representations, or make or use or cause to be made or used any false bill, receipt, voucher, roll, account, claim, certificate, affidavit, or deposition, knowing the same to contain any fraudulent or fictitious statements or entry ... shall be fined.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n furthering these purposes, it is irrelevant whether defendant knew that his intentionally false statements might eventually influence a federal agency.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(T)he necessary link between deception of the non-federal agency and effect on the federal agency is provided by the federal agency's retention of 'the ultimate authority to see that the federal funds are properly spent.'”
2 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.