United States v. McCaslin’s Empirical Analysis
959 F.2d 786 · 1992
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Halper · Calero-Toledo v. Pearson Yacht Leasing Co. · United States v. One Assortment of 89 Firearms · The Palmyra · United States v. Certain Real Property and Premises Known As Whalers Cove Drive Babylon New York J
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'independent of, and wholly unaffected by any criminal proceeding in personam.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“there is no necessary relation between the value of the property forfeited and the loss to the government”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fant v. State · State v. Rosenfeld“overwhelmingly disproportionate to the damages caused”
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.