United States v. Cuff’s Empirical Analysis
999 F.2d 1396 · 1993
Citation profile
19 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1709 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on United States v. Hill · United States v. Ajiboye · United States v. Foreman · United States v. Pascucci · United States v. Christiansen
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'the extent to which the position provides the freedom to commit a difficult-to-detect wrong.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]f one party is able to take criminal advantage of the relationship without fear of ready or quick notice by the second party, the second party has clearly placed a level of trust in the first.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“fail[ing] to see any significant distinction between the bank teller who embezzles funds and Cuff, who stole mail packages while employed in unloading them and moving them into the workroom”
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.