United States v. Benny’s Empirical Analysis
786 F.2d 1410 · 1986
Citation profile
147 federal appellate · 9 district · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 228 later decisions — most recently February 2022 · most notably Tijani v. Holder (2010), Floyd v. Laws (1991)
147 federal appellate · 9 district · 16 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. § 1961 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act)
Relies on United States v. Turkette · Hannahville Indian Community v. United States · Local 408, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. National Labor Relations Board · United States v. McConney · Commissioner v. Engle
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 228 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hile an honest, good-faith belief in the truth of the misrepresentations may negate intent to defraud, a good-faith belief that the victim will be repaid and will sustain no loss is no defense at all”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] non-disclosure can only serve as a basis for a fraudulent scheme when there exists an independent duty that has been breached by the person so charged.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In cases in which defendants themselves propose the instruction, review is totally barred.”
3 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.