United States v. Van Fossan’s Empirical Analysis
899 F.2d 636 · 1990
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3402 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on United States v. Feola · United States v. Park · United States v. Engler · United States v. Forcellati · United States v. Byrnes
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“One may well wonder why the defendant should have two appeals as of right in a misdemeanor case, when the accused gets only one in a felony prosecution that may land him in prison for life.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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