United States v. Malone’s Empirical Analysis
815 F.3d 367 · 2016
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1028A · 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 3553
Relies on United States v. Whitlow · United States v. Sakellarion · United States v. Schilling · United States v. Matchopatow · United States v. O'Doherty
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“we give unambiguous terms in the plea agreement their plain meaning”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the parties' reasonable expectations and construe ambiguities against the government as the drafter.”
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.