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United States v. Sperrazza’s Empirical Analysis

804 F.3d 1113 · 2015

Citation profile

32
cited by 32 later decisions
3
states following
March 2025
most recently cited

8 federal appellate · 5 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 26 U.S.C. § 7201 · 28 U.S.C. § 2074 · 31 U.S.C. § 5313 · 31 U.S.C. § 5324 (§ 1354 of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986)

Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · United States v. Olano · Ratzlaf et Ux United States · United States v. Bajakajian · United States v. Santos

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

  1. “(3) Consequences of Not Making a Timely Motion Under Rule 12(b)(3). If a party does not meet the deadline for making a Rule 12(b)(3) motion, the motion is untimely. But a court may consider the defense, objection, or request if the party shows good cause.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “a punitive forfeiture violates the Excessive Fines Clause if it is grossly disproportional to the gravity of a defendant's offense.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “Under the old version of the rule, Sperrazza waived his claim ... because he did not raise it before trial,”
    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.