United States v. Esmail Yermian’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
14 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1001 (Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990) · 18 U.S.C. § 111 (Federal Judiciary Protection Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 1621 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on United States v. Feola · Jones v. Nor-Tex Agencies, Inc. · Illinois Power Co. v. Local Union No. 51, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers · United States v. Gilliland · Gray 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]hoever shall knowingly and willfully . . . make . . . any false or fraudulent statements or representations, . . . in any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States . . . shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]n common understanding one 'knows' facts of which he is less than absolutely certain. To act 'knowingly,' therefore, is not necessarily to act only with positive knowledge, but also to act with an awareness of the high probability of the existence of the fact in question.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“as an essential element of a section 1001 violation, the government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant knew at the time he made the false statement that it was made in a matter within the jurisdiction of a federal agency.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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