Sperber v. Boesky’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1964 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act)
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Sedima Sprl v. Imrex Company Inc · American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago v. Haroco Inc · Russell v. United States · United States v. Dion
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any person injured in his business or property by reason of a violation of section 1962 of this chapter may sue therefor in any appropriate United States district court and shall recover threefold the damages he sustains and the cost of the suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sperber v. Boesky
How this case has been treated — in progress
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