United States v. Dickson’s Empirical Analysis
816 F.2d 751 · 1987
Citation profile
6 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1952A
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca · Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · United States v. Turkette · Caminetti v. United States · Garcia 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where the language is plain and admits of no more than one meaning the duty of interpretation does not arise and the rules which are to aid doubtful meanings need no discussion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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