United States v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
996 F.2d 231 · 1993
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions — most recently May 2013 · most notably United States v. Webb (1994), United States v. Hernandez (1996)
32 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
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
Relies on Brewster v. Derwinski · Kuntz v. City of Dayton · Carolco Television Inc. v. National Broadcasting Co. · City of El Centro v. United States · McFadden 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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'earning potential' ... to create an objectively reasonable possibility that the restitution can be paid.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“To satisfy the objectively reasonable possibility standard, earning potential must consist of more than a 'mere chance' that a defendant can earn the requisite amount.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the financial resources of the defendant, [and] the financial needs and earning ability of the defendant.”
2 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.