United States v. Burrell’s Empirical Analysis
720 F.2d 1488 · 1983
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 6 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1001 (Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990) · 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 7 U.S.C. § 2024
Relies on Roviaro v. United States · Opper v. United States · Gilbert v. First National Bank of Jackson · Bowsher v. Merck & Co. · Hullum 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In 7 U.S.C. § 2024 (a), Congress authorized the issuance or presentment of food stamps for enforcement purposes. In 7 U.S.C. § 2024 (b), Congress made the unauthorized acquisition of food stamps a crime. Obviously, Congress did not intend to exempt from criminal penalties anyone who acquired food stamps from an undercover agent. The fact that a seller is authorized to sell does not mean that the buyer must necessarily be cloaked with authority to buy.”
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.