United States v. Decoster’s Empirical Analysis
828 F.3d 626 · 2016
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 201 (Bank Bribery Amendments) · 18 U.S.C. § 3571 · 21 U.S.C. § 331 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 333 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act)
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Morissette v. United States · Albright v. Oliver · Staples v. United States · United States v. Dotterweich
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the public interest in the purity of its food is so great as to warrant the imposition of the highest standard of care on distributors.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“punishes 'neglect where the law requires care, or inaction where it imposes a duty,'”
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.