United States v. Monzel’s Empirical Analysis
641 F.3d 528 · 2011
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 11 district · 1 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2252 · 18 U.S.C. § 2259 (§ 40113 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994) · 18 U.S.C. § 3663 · 18 U.S.C. § 3663A (§ 204 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 3664 · 18 U.S.C. § 3771 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Almendarez-Torres v. United States · Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · Lewis Director Arizona Department of Corrections v. Casey · Morissette v. United States · Russello 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 73 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the district court denies the relief sought, the movant may petition the court of appeals for a writ of mandamus. The court of appeals may issue the writ on the order of a single judge.... The court of appeals shall take up and decide such application forthwith within 72 hours after the petition has been filed.... If the court of appeals denies the relief sought, the reasons for the denial shall be clearly stated on the record in a written opinion.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a crime victim's only recourse for challenging a restitution order.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a bedrock rule of both tort and criminal law that a defendant is only liable for harms he proximately caused. (“An essential element of the plaintiffs cause of action for negligence, or ... any other tort, is that there be some reasonable connection between the act or omission of the defendant and the damage which the plaintiff has suffered. This connec tion usually is dealt with by the courts in terms of what is called ‘proximate cause’”
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.