United States v. Denson’s Empirical Analysis
689 F.3d 21 · 2012
Citation profile
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.
“[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“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“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.