United States v. Fedroff’s Empirical Analysis
874 F.2d 178 · 1989
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently October 2024 · most notably United States v. Inigo (1991), United States v. Wright (1990)
14 federal appellate · 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. § 1951 (Hobbs Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 666
Relies on Griffith v. Kentucky · United States v. Russell · Sorrells v. United States · Starnes v. Penrod Drilling Co. · Sherman v. United States
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[1] the character or reputation of the defendant, including any criminal record; [2] whether the suggestion of criminal activity was initially made by the Government; [3] whether the defendant was engaged in the criminal activity for profit; [4] whether the defendant evidenced reluctance to commit the offense, overcome only by repeated Government inducement or persuasion; and [5] the nature of the inducement or persuasion supplied by the Government.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In general, predisposition may be defined as the defendant's inclination to engage in the crime for which he was charged measured before his initial exposure to government agents.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Entrapment is a relatively limited defense that may defeat a prosecution only when the Government's deception actually implants the criminal design in the mind of the defendant.”
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.