United States v. McKeithen’s Empirical Analysis
822 F.2d 310 · 1987
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently May 2016 · most notably United States v. Angiulo (1990), United States v. Horak (1987)
16 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
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 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 1963 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 848 (§ 408 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 853 (§ 413 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Turkette · Russello v. United States · Garrett v. United States · Bifulco v. United States · Carstea v. Poplar Tree Homeowners Ass'n
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“interest in, claim against, or property or contractual rights of any kind affording a source of influence over, such [continuing criminal enterprise].”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]n introducing forfeiture into federal criminal law, Congress sought to dissuade individuals from pursuing criminal gain and to eradicate the economic power bases making possible organized criminal and drug-related activities.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“to forfeit property a connection must be shown with that which offends.”
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.