United States v. Lanier’s Empirical Analysis
838 F.2d 281 · 1988
Citation profile
75 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 94 later decisions — most recently December 2011 · most notably United States v. Griffin (1990), United States v. Serrano (1989)
75 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. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 2314
Relies on Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Weintraub · Angrist v. United States · Gemelli v. Pennsylvania · United States v. Helmel · United States v. Young
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 94 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“only if the evidence weighs heavily enough against the verdict that a miscarriage of justice may have occurred.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) that the defendant associated himself with the unlawful venture; (2) that he participated in it as something he wished to bring about; and (3) that he sought by his actions to make it succeed.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) an issue is raised on which evidence of other crimes may be received; (2) the evidence is relevant to that issue; (3) the evidence of the other crime or bad act is clear and convincing; and (4) the probative worth outweighs any prejudicial impact.”
2 later decisions 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.