United States v. Kotoch’s Empirical Analysis
954 F.2d 340 · 1992
Citation profile
9 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 26 U.S.C. § 4424 · 31 U.S.C. § 5324 (§ 1354 of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986)
Relies on United States v. Carroll · Tierney v. Schweiker · 507 F. Supp. 761 - United States v. Brian
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the defendant was an organizer, leader, manager, or supervisor in any criminal activity ... increase by 2 levels.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[M]ere direction by a criminally culpable individual falls short of satisfying the requirements of section 3B1.1.... Absent proof of the culpability of [alleged participants], section 3B1.1(c) does not apply.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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