United States v. Helms’s Empirical Analysis
897 F.2d 1293 · 1990
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 1343 · 18 U.S.C. § 3161 (§ 101 of the Speedy Trial Act of 1974) · 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Holmes v. United States · Rogers v. United States · United States v. Sampson · United States v. Phillips
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he district court has broad discretion in sentencing determinations”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“which are designed to lull the victim into a false sense of security, postpone inquiries or complaints, or make the transaction less suspect are mail- ■ ings in furtherance of the scheme”). 4 . The TDOT, whom the government contends is also a victim, is simply too far removed to be considered as a target of the Strongs’ scheme. 5 . In addition to establishing a connection between the mailings and the fraud, the government must show that Strong committed "an act with knowledge that the use of the mails will follow in the course of business, or where such use can reasonably be foreseen.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he record demonstrate[d] that the trial judge was extremely careful with respect to questioning the jurors and instructing them as to how they should proceed [and] was also meticulous in following the procedure set forth”
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.