Sheftelman v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1961 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act)
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Sedima Sprl v. Imrex Company Inc · Iannelli v. United States · American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago v. Haroco Inc · Superior Oil Co. v. Fulmer
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The implication is that while two acts are necessary, they may not be sufficient. Indeed, in common parlance two of anything do not generally form a ‘pattern’.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mills v. Fitzgerald
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.