United States v. Powell’s Empirical Analysis
806 F.2d 1421 · 1986
Citation profile
24 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently October 2007 · most notably United States v. Koon (1994), United States v. Henson (1988)
24 federal appellate ·
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 15 U.S.C. § 1981 · 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 2314
Relies on Gilbert v. First National Bank of Jackson · Dewees v. United States · Schmerler Ford, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · James v. Valtierra · United States v. Mehrmanesh
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“within the meaning of section 1988(b). Id. at 1423. The court said that Powell may have held himself out as an owner of the vehicles at issue, arranged the sales and signed the sales certificates as transferor, but he was at all times merely an agent for the true transferor, his employer. Ibid. 69 In Powell, the government raised the same argument it makes here; that Powell should be held liable under 1990c because he caused his employer, the transferor, to violate section 1988(b) by furnishing mileage certificates that he knew to be false. Ibid. Significantly, the court believed that this”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“courts in this circuit, as in others, continue to require evidence showing that a principal offense has been committed--including requiring evidence that some principal had the requisite intent”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“tampering with odometers on motor vehicles and to establish certain safeguards for the protection of purchasers with respect to the sale of motor vehicles having altered or reset odometers.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.