United States v. Wade’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3006A (Criminal Justice Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 21 U.S.C. § 853 (§ 413 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2412
Relies on United States v. Mitchell · Ruckelshaus v. Sierra Club · McMahon v. United States · American Civil Liberties Union v. Barnes · United States v. Gilbert
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“During fiscal year 1998, and in any fiscal year thereafter, the court, in any criminal case ... may award to a prevailing party, other than the United States, a reasonable attorney’s fee and other litigation expenses, where the court finds that the position of the United States was vexatious, frivolous, or in bad faith, unless the court finds that special circumstances make such an award unjust.”
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.