United States v. Townsend’s Empirical Analysis
897 F.2d 989 · 1990
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 10 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently September 2024 · most notably United States v. Medenbach (1997), United States v. Hir (2008)
9 federal appellate · 10 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. § 1001 (Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990) · 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 3142 (Bail Reform Act of 1984) · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 22 U.S.C. § 2778 · 50 U.S.C. § 4610
Relies on Vandygriff v. Phillips · Hannahville Indian Community v. United States · United States v. McConney · Stack v. Boyle · United States v. Motamedi
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When assessing an alien defendant’s ties to the United States, factors to be considered include how long the defendant has resided in this country, whether defendant has been employed in the United States, whether defendant owns any property in this country, and whether defendant has any relatives who are United States residents or citizens. See, e.g., United States v. Dominguez, 783 F.2d 702 (7th Cir.1986) (reversing pretrial detention order for Cuban immigrants who had resided in the United States for five years and showed economic and social stability); United States v. Khashoggi, 717 F.Supp. 1048 (S.D.N.Y.1989) (releasing on bail the famous Saudi Arabian businessman who owns property and possesses financial ties to the United States); United States v. Honeyman, 470 F.2d 473 (9th Cir.1972) (modifying bail requirement for British subject who has been steadily employed in the United States and owns property in the United States).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he district court's factual findings in a bail hearing are to be reviewed under a deferential, clearly erroneous standard. But the conclusions based on such factual findings present a mixed question of fact and law and require the exercise of sound judgment as to the values underlying the legal principles. Accordingly, we make an independent examination of the record to determine whether the pretrial detention order is consistent with the defendant's constitutional and statutory rights and arrive at our conclusion de novo”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ramos v. Sessions““... The defendants are charged with multiple counts, and it is reasonable, from their perspective, to look at the potential maximum sentences they face if they were found guilty on each count and sentenced consecutively on each count... Facing the much graver penalties possible under the present indictment, the defendants have an even greater incentive to consider flight...””
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.