United States v. Merrell’s Empirical Analysis
701 F.2d 53 · 1983
Citation profile
14 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1955 · 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on Sanabria v. United States · Gilbert v. First National Bank of Jackson · Potter Instrument Co. v. Storage Technology Corp. · United States v. Leon · Merrell 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The majority of jurisdictions hold that a person can be considered to 'conduct' a gambling business by performing any act, duty, or function which is necessary or helpful in the operation of that gambling enterprise.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'proscribes any degree of participation in an illegal gambling operation, except participation as a mere bettor.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(collecting cases)); United States v. Greco, 619 F.2d 635 , 638 (7th Cir. 1980) (”
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.