United States v. Bert’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate ·

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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It was the court that caused the delay. There was no bad faith by the government. If anything, the government didn’t press forward and ask for the interest of justice exclusion, but their failure to do so was not ... gross neglect or [a] pattern of neglect or an attempt to circumvent the Speedy Trial Act to gain some benefit for the government or to flout the standards and the requirements of the Speedy Trial Act. On the Court’s part, there was no attempt ... to manipulate the speedy trial clock.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Bert

2. “I have already discussed the facts and circumstances of how the delay occurred. Here, too, there is no bad faith on the part of the government. This was not a pattern of delay on the part of the government. There [were] no intentional acts on the part of the government to delay this case. Again, the Court takes the weight, if you will, for the delay here. Again, there was no intention on the Court to somehow circumvent, manipulate or otherwise intentionally or in bad faith delay this action.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Bert

3. “final order” within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , nor a collateral order. Rather, a dismissal without prejudice is a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Bert