United States v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
744 F.2d 905 · 1984
Citation profile
107 federal appellate · 2 district · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 151 later decisions — most recently July 2024 · most notably United States v. Torres (1990), United States v. Satterfield (1984)
107 federal appellate · 2 district · 14 state decisions — followed in 11 states
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. § 1343 · 18 U.S.C. § 1963 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 3565 · 18 U.S.C. § 3651 · 21 U.S.C. § 848 (§ 408 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Faretta v. California · Solem v. Helm · Williams v. People of State of New York · Trop v. Dulles · Gardner v. Florida
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 151 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[f]inancial obligations may be imposed upon a defendant who is indigent at the time of sentencing but subsequently acquires the means to discharge his obligations.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“by delegating administrative responsibility for supervision of the restitution order to the United States Attorney's Office.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'at a time when [the defendant is] unable, through no fault of his own, to comply.'”
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.