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United States v. Rust’s Empirical Analysis

976 F.2d 55 · 1992

Citation profile

35
cited by 35 later decisions
March 2007
most recently cited

26 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Kuntz v. City of Dayton · United States v. Kopp · United States v. Tardiff · United States v. Doherty

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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “'[m]ore than minimal planning' exists in situations involving: (1) more planning than is typical for commission of the offense in simple form; (2) significant affirmative steps ... taken to conceal the offense; or (3) repeated acts over a period of time, unless it is clear that each instance was purely opportune.”
    12 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “spur of the moment conduct, intended to take advantage of a sudden opportunity.”
    12 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “Under this standard, a district court's determination will be treated with deference and will be reversed only if, after reviewing all the evidence, we are left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage

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.