United States v. Facchini’s Empirical Analysis
874 F.2d 638 · 1989
Citation profile
40 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 61 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2020 · most notably United States v. Ladum (1998), United States v. Rutgard (1997)
40 federal appellate ·
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. § 1001 (Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990) · 18 U.S.C. § 641 (Livestock Fraud Protection Act) · 26 U.S.C. § 3301 (Federal Unemployment Tax Act) · 26 U.S.C. § 3304 (Federal Unemployment Tax Act) · 42 U.S.C. § 501 (§ 301 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 502 (§ 302 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 503 (§ 303 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 602 (§ 402 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Connally v. General Construction Co. · Marks v. United States · Bouie v. City of Columbia · Bell v. United States · Lanzetta v. State New Jersey
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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to establish jurisdiction, the information received must be directly related to an authorized function of the federal agency.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“if it has the propensity to influence agency action; actual influence on agency action is not an element of the crime.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The false entry statute provides: Whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact, or makes any false, fictitious or fraudulent statements or representations, or makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or entry, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.”
3 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.