United States v. Stack’s Empirical Analysis
853 F.2d 436 · 1988
Citation profile
14 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 2314
Relies on Griffith v. Kentucky · McNally v. United States · Michigan v. Clifford · Montana v. Hall · Taliaferro v. Maryland
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[k]nowledge may be inferred from defendant's conduct and surrounding circumstances.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[a]ny actions designed to deprive an employer of his right to have his business conducted honestly ... may constitute a fraud within the meaning of the mail fraud statute ...,'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“since the conviction is not reversed due to insufficient evidence the government is not precluded from indicting defendant on a permissible theory of mail fraud.”
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.