United States v. Tormos-Vega’s Empirical Analysis
959 F.2d 1103 · 1992
Citation profile
44 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions — most recently May 2021 · most notably United States v. Rogers (1997), United States v. Palmer (2000)
44 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. § 1951 (Hobbs Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Glasser v. United States · United States v. Bagley · Berger v. United States · United States v. Young
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“have sufficient knowledge of the charge against him in order to prepare an effective defense and avoid surprise at trial”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to gain or attain possession or disposal of.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“so that in cases with multiple defendants proof that one defendant was involved in one conspiracy does not lead the jury to believe that another defendant was involved in a separate conspiracy.”
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.