Reynolds v. East Dyer Development Co.’s Empirical Analysis
882 F.2d 1249 · 1989
Citation profile
68 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 122 later decisions — most recently March 2017 · most notably Kehr Packages, Inc. v. Fidelcor, Inc. (1991), United States v. Berkowitz (1991)
68 federal appellate · 2 district · 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. § 1961 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 1964 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act)
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Schmuck v. United States · American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago v. Haroco Inc · Haroco, Inc. v. American National Bank & Trust Co.
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 122 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[n]ot all conduct that strikes a court as sharp dealing or unethical conduct is a 'scheme or artifice to defraud'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Given the pervasive use of the mails and of telephone and related services in the business world, along with the ease of satisfying the mail or wiring requirement, ... such a broad meaning for the mail and wire fraud statutes [i.e., a mere omission] 'would put federal judges in the business of creating what in effect would be common law crimes, i.e., crimes not defined by statute.’”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Such a broad meaning of fraud for the mail and wire fraud statutes `would put federal judges in the business of creating what in effect would be common law crimes, i.e., crimes not defined by statute.'”
2 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.