United States v. Patrick’s Empirical Analysis
935 F.2d 758 · 1991
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1201 (International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act of 1993)
Relies on Carnley v. Cochran · Dade County v. Lake Lucerne Civic Ass'n · McDowell v. United States · United States v. Joan · United States v. Rodriguez
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“complete the crime ... no matter what the period of incarceration might be, he intended to find this child [and kidnap her again so she could] reach[ ] her destiny.”
2 later decisions 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.