United States v. Molt’s Empirical Analysis
772 F.2d 366 · 1985
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently February 2017 · most notably United States v. Tarantino (1988), United States v. Balistrieri (1985)
31 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Wisconsin Western District Court)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3237 · 18 U.S.C. § 3500
Relies on Ohio v. Roberts · Dutton v. Evans · Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Weintraub · Mancusi v. Stubbs · Roberts v. Louisiana
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in any district where [the] 'offense was begun, continued, or completed.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“As long as one overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy is committed in a district, venue is proper there.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“are reliable in the same sense that contracts or negotiations among legitimate business partners usually portray accurately the affairs of those involved.”
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.