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United States v. Denson’s Empirical Analysis

689 F.3d 21 · 2012

Citation profile

25
cited by 25 later decisions
March 2025
most recently cited

16 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 3056 (Presidential Protection Assistance Act of 1976) · 18 U.S.C. § 3553

Relies on Ashcroft v. al-Kidd · United States v. Martin · 131 S. Ct. 2060 - Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S. A. · United States v. Clogston · United States v. Turbides-Leonardo

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

  1. “[a] judge need not mention every § 3553(a) factor nor intone any particular magic words,”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “Thomas & Betts has to prove what's called 'successor liability.' " But, because "judges generally need not mimic the precise wording of a party's preferred instruction,”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “history and characteristics of the defendant,”
    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.