United States v. Pecora’s Empirical Analysis
693 F.2d 421 · 1982
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently February 2000 · most notably United States v. Baker (1996), United States v. Aimone (1983)
21 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 1343 · 18 U.S.C. § 1952 · 18 U.S.C. § 2
Relies on United States v. Atkinson · Perrin v. United States · Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Newman Oil Co. · Rewis v. United States · Corallo 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[u]nlike Archer, the interstate element in this case was not furnished solely by undercover agents and there is no question of any attempt to contrive jurisdiction.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“we can discern in the Travel Act no exception for casual and incidental occurrences or for “happenstance” ones. Its language is straightforward and comprehensive.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]t is enough that the interstate travel or the use of interstate facilities makes easier or facilitates the unlawful activity.”
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.