United States v. Ferrin’s Empirical Analysis
994 F.2d 658 · 1993
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1001 (Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990) · 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 3231 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 33 U.S.C. § 1319 · 42 U.S.C. § 6903 · 42 U.S.C. § 6928 · 42 U.S.C. § 9601 (§ 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980)
Relies on Dade County v. Lake Lucerne Civic Ass'n · Dade County v. Lake Lucerne Civic Ass'n · United States v. Lira-Barraza · United States v. Ramos · United States v. Chapnick
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]f the defendant abused a position of public or private trust, or used a special skill, in a manner that significantly facilitated the commission or concealment of the offense, increase by 2 levels.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[s]ubsection (b)(1) assumes a discharge or emission into the environment resulting in actual environmental contamination.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'the extent to which the position provides the freedom to commit a difficult-to-detect wrong.'”
3 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.