United States v. Benefield’s Empirical Analysis
721 F.2d 128 · 1983
Citation profile
17 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently March 2013
17 federal appellate ·
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. § 641 (Livestock Fraud Protection Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 654
Relies on Sutherland v. United States · Tate v. United States · Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman · Harris v. McRae · Lewis v. Martin
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whoever embezzles ... any record, voucher, money or thing of value of the United States or of any department or agency thereof, ... shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“In determining whether an interest qualifies as “any ... money, or thing of value of the United States” under 18 U.S.C. § 641 , courts have identified as critical factors the basic philosophy of ownership reflected in relevant statutes and regulations and the supervision and control contemplated and manifested by the government.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.