628 F. Supp. 2d 195 - United States v. Ring’s Empirical Analysis

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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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A]s a matter of law, public officials do not need to be co-conspirators. Private parties alone can conspire to pay illegal gratuities to a public official or to deprive the public of that official’s honest services without ever committing the actual offense, and thus without ever interacting with that official. The gratuities provision at issue here, 18 U.S.C. § 201 (c)(1)(A), pertains only to those giving gratuities; it is subsection (c)(1)(B), not charged here, that applies to public officials who accept gratuities. A conspiracy to give a gratuity therefore does not require that a public official be part of the conspiracy. Similarly, the honest services statute does not require that a public official be among the schemers, and so a conspiracy to devise such a scheme requires no public official’s participation. Potter, 463 F.3d at 16-17 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 768 F. Supp. 2d 302 - United States v. Ring

2. “Whoever knowingly uses intimidation, threatens, or corruptly persuades another person, or attempts to do so, or engages in misleading conduct toward another person, with intent to hinder, delay, or prevent the communication to a law enforcement officer or judge of the United States of information relating to the commission or possible commission of a Federal offense or a violation of conditions of probation, supervised release, parole, or release pending judicial proceedings”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 726 F. Supp. 2d 498 - United States v. Moyer

3. “Whoever corruptly (1) alters, destroys, mutilates, or conceals, a record, document, or other object, or attempts to do so, with the intent to impair the object’s integrity or availability for use in an official proceeding; or (2) otherwise obstructs, influences, or impedes any official proceeding, or attempts to do so”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 726 F. Supp. 2d 498 - United States v. Moyer