United States v. Becker’s Empirical Analysis
855 F.2d 644 · 1988
Citation profile
17 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1001 (Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990) · 19 U.S.C. § 1433 (Tariff Act of 1930)
Relies on United States v. Gilliland · United States v. Bramblett · Anchor Estates, Inc. v. United States · United States v. Bedore · United States v. Goldfine
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the false statement must be unrelated to a claim to a privilege or a claim against the government; (2) the declarant must be responding to inquiries initiated by a federal agency or department; (3) the false statement must not impair the-basic functions entrusted by law to the agency; (4) the government’s inquiries must not constitute a routine exercise of administrative responsibility; and (5) a truthful answer would have incriminated the declarant.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“The term 'administrative' has been used in these cases to distinguish situations in which government agents are acting as 'police investigators' rather than as 'administrators.' In routine administrative inquiries, the exculpatory no defense cannot be properly invoked.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“to invoke th[e] ['exculpatory no'] exception.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.