United States v. Barson’s Empirical Analysis
845 F.3d 159 · 2016
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
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Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1347 (§ 242 of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 1349 (§ 902 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Pinkerton v. United States · Stinson v. United States · United States v. Whitfield · United States v. Williams-Hendricks
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“held himself out as a "doctor" at the clinic and falsely claimed ... that he was a physician's assistant, the clinic's on-site medical staff member[,] ... saw almost all of the patients and turned a blind eye to the fact that most of the so-called patients had no need for medical care and that many received no medical care[,] ... saw large numbers of patients lining up outside the clinic daily after being delivered to the clinic by the same white van[,] ... had access to the clinic's mail including the bank statements and Medicare remittances[,] ... was paid $20,000 for his work, a large sum for an unlicensed individual to pose as a physician's assistant[,] ... [and] lied to investigators about the payments he received.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“signed documents in blank allowing the clinic to bill under his Medicare identification number and opened a bank account in his name to receive Medicare reimbursements[,] ... signed a number of blank checks to permit [Edgar] Shakbazyan to draw on the account[,] ... allowed the bank statements to be sent to the clinic and never reviewed them[,] ... received a significant sum, $7,000 per month, for reviewing patients' charts every other Saturday[,] ... [and] admitted to an FBI investigator that despite his suspicions and bad feelings about the clinic, he reported his suspicions to no one.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“You may find that a defendant had knowledge of a fact if you find that the defendant deliberately closed his eyes to what would otherwise have been obvious to him. While knowledge on the part of the defendant cannot be established merely by demonstrating that the defendant was negligent, careless, or foolish, knowledge can be inferred if the defendant deliberately blinded himself to the existence of a fact.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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