United States v. Perez’s Empirical Analysis
871 F.2d 45 · 1989
Citation profile
205 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 290 later decisions — most recently November 2017 · most notably United States v. Vonner (2008), United States v. Rusher (1992)
205 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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. § 1952 · 18 U.S.C. § 3551 (Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Mistretta v. United States · Logan v. Dayton Hudson Corp. · Archer v. Macomb County Bank
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 290 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A finding is 'clearly erroneous' when although there is evidence to support it, the reviewing court on the entire evidence is left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.”
31 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“shall accept the findings of fact of the district court unless they are clearly erroneous....”
25 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'a short clear written statement or a reasoned statement from the bench' to support its departure.”
8 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.