United States v. Pitner’s Empirical Analysis
979 F.2d 156 · 1992
Citation profile
10 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 6672 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 31 U.S.C. § 5322 · 31 U.S.C. § 5324 (§ 1354 of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986)
Relies on Cheek v. United States · Nicholas v. United States · County of Los Angeles v. Chavez-Salido · United States v. Pomponio · Nagac v. Derwinski
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The proper inquiry is whether, considering the charge as a whole, the trial court's instructions fairly and adequately covered the issues presented, correctly stated the law, and were not misleading.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“Sufficient evidence to support a conviction exists if any rational trier of fact, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, could conclude the evidence was adequate to prove defendant guilty of each element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Jury instructions, however, do not have to be perfect to withstand challenge on appeal.”
2 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.