United States v. Simas’s Empirical Analysis
937 F.2d 459 · 1991
Citation profile
84 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 140 later decisions — most recently February 2017 · most notably United States v. Koon (1994), United States v. Flores (1995)
84 federal appellate · 4 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. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 666 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Sorrells v. United States · American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. United States · McNally v. United States · Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens Council · Mathews v. United States
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 140 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“clear understanding of the witness' testimony or the determination of a fact in issue.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Inducement has been defined as 'repeated and persistent solicitation' or 'persuasion' which overcomes the defendant's reluctance. Mere suggestions or the offering of an opportunity to commit a crime is not conduct amounting to inducement.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The admission of lay opinion testimony is within the broad discretion of the trial judge [and] not to be disturbed unless it is manifestly erroneous.”
4 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.