United States v. Levitt’s Empirical Analysis
799 F.2d 505 · 1986
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently May 2008 · most notably State v. Skolaut (2008), United States v. Freeman (1991)
20 federal appellate · 2 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. § 1955 · 18 U.S.C. § 3651
Relies on Burns v. United States · Scott v. Rosenberg · Scott v. Younger · United States v. McDonald · Nicholas 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The interpretation of a sentencing order is governed by the court's intent.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“order does not clearly and literally state probation is to follow the jail term”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“applies as readily while [the defendant] serves the jail portion of his sentence as while he is at liberty”
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.