United States v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis
681 F.3d 867 · 2012
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (Hobbs Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 666
Relies on United States v. Booker · Gall v. United States · Rita v. United States · Sells v. United States · Griffin 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]f you are convinced that the defendants ... deliberately ignored a high probability that Physieian[’]s Choice ... w[as] engaged in health care fraud ... you may find that one or more of these defendants knew that the company would engage in health care fraud. But to find this, you must be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendants ... were aware of a high probability that Physician[’]s Choice ... w[as] engaged in health care fraud ... and that the defendants deliberately closed their eyes to what was obvious.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he district court found that [Daneshvar's] continued efforts to deny his involvement demonstrated a failure to take responsibility for his crime and a lack of remorse for the harm he had caused. The judge could have reasonably concluded that [Daneshvar]'s dishonesty regarding important pieces of evidence indicated that he had not fully accepted responsibility for his participation in the conspiracy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“that the decision to give this instruction is to be approached with significant prudence and caution. More specifically, we have noted that the instruction should not be given routinely because of the risk of a conviction based on mere negligence, carelessness or ignorance.”
1 later decision 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.