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998 F.2d 116 · 1993

Citation profile

44
cited by 44 later decisions
1
states following
February 2008
most recently cited

24 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act)

Relies on United States v. · United States v. Martinson · Mora v. United States · Onwubiko v. United States · Soviero v. United States

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

  1. “A person aggrieved by an unlawful search and seizure or by the deprivation of property may move the district court for the district in which the property was seized for the return of the property on the ground that such person is entitled to lawful possession of the property.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “impose no duty on a defendant to prevent the government from losing its rights through carelessness.”
    1 later decision 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.