Ryan v. Clemente’s Empirical Analysis
901 F.2d 177 · 1990
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on United States v. Turkette · Truong Dinh Hung v. United States · Alexander v. United States · McKesson Corp. v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco · Mullins Coal Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]lthough much about the RICO statute is not clear, it is very clear that those who are `associates' ... of a criminal enterprise must share a `common purpose' ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the serious consequences for any man or woman, state official or private person, who is publicly accused of racketeering”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“limit the potentially boundless scope of the word `enterprise'”
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.