Hindes v. Castle’s Empirical Analysis
937 F.2d 868 · 1991
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 12 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently April 2010 · most notably United States v. Pelullo (1992), Roger Whitmore's Automotive Services, Inc. v. Lake County (2005)
10 federal appellate · 12 district · 1 state decisions
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. § 1961 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Sedima Sprl v. Imrex Company Inc · Hj Inc v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Company · Kehr Packages, Inc. v. Fidelcor, Inc. · Warner Cable Communications, Inc. v. City of Niceville · Hirsch v. Enright Refining Co.
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Continuity” is both a closed- and open-ended concept, referring either to a closed period of repeated conduct, or to past conduct that by its nature projects into the future with a threat of repetition. It is, in either case, centrally a temporal concept—and particularly so in the RICO context, where what must be continuous, RICO’s predicate acts or offenses, and the relationship these predicates must bear one to another, are distinct requirements. (Citations omitted, emphasis in original)”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“duration is the sine qua non of continuity.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“... in this case because the fraudulent solicitation of contributions ended with the election of Wolf [as Republican Lieutenant Governor] in November 1988, and the alleged purpose of the scheme was achieved with the election of Wolf, the district court properly determined that there existed no threat of continuing racketeering activity.”
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.