United States v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
79 F.3d 1550 · 1996
Citation profile
58 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 93 later decisions — most recently July 2019 · most notably United States v. Schlei (1997), United States v. Bradley (2011)
58 federal appellate · 2 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.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2314
Relies on McNally v. United States · Chiarella v. United States · Green v. United States · Cohens v. Virginia · Durland 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 93 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] 'scheme to defraud' under the pertinent criminal statutes has not been proved where a reasonable juror would have to conclude that the representation is about something which the customer should, and could, easily confirm--if they wished to do so--from readily available external sources.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“insufficient evidence was presented that a scheme reasonably calculated to deceive persons of ordinary prudence and comprehension was devised.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. United States v. Schlei · Rolo“[C]ertain people must always disclose facts where nondisclosure could result in harm. This circumstance exists when there is a special relationship of trust, such as a fiduciary relationship, between people.”
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.