United States v. John Steffen

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• defining active concealment as “deceptive acts or contrivances intended to hide information, mislead, avoid suspicion, or prevent further inquiry into a material matter”
• “In reviewing the sufficiency of an indictment, we accept the government’s factual allegations as true, without reference to allegations outside the indicting document.” (quoting United States v. Farm & Home Sav. Ass’n, 932 F.2d 1256, 1259 n.3 (8th Cir. 1994))
• affirming dismissal of indictment for failure to state an offense
• discussing various schemes to defraud

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  Eighth Circuit· 2021-05-10· cited 9×
• United States v. James Van Doren
  Eighth Circuit· 2015-09-03· cited 8×
• United States v. Paul Hansmeier
  Eighth Circuit· 2021-02-10· cited 8×
• United States v. Carlos Luna
  Eighth Circuit· 2020-08-10· cited 7×
• Joel De La Osa v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-02-18· cited 6×
• United States v. Dana Kidd, Jr.
  Eighth Circuit· 2020-06-26· cited 5×
• United States v. Ryan Randall Gilbertson
  Eighth Circuit· 2020-07-30· cited 4×
• United States v. Kevon Spratt
  Eighth Circuit· 2025-06-20· cited 1×
• United States v. Hernandez
  N.D. Iowa· 2015-03-04
• United States v. Deych
  E.D. Missouri· 2017-04-18
• United States v. Hemme
  D. Minnesota· 2013-11-25
• United States v. Michael Welker
  Eighth Circuit· 2023-07-27
• United States v. Guanghua
  District of Columbia· 2025-08-19
• United States v. Patrick Opdahl
  Eighth Circuit· 2026-03-27

Cites

39 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Neder v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1999-06-10· cited 5,157×
• Mader v. United States
  Eighth Circuit· 2011-09-07· cited 362×
• Dowling v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-28· cited 268×
• United States v. James P. Ledonne
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-07-25· cited 143×
• Stewart v. Wyoming Cattle Ranche Co.
  Supreme Court· 1888-11-19· cited 135×
• United States v. Daniel I. Colton, United States of America v. Daniel I. Colton
  Fourth Circuit· 2000-11-03· cited 133×
• United States v. Dupre
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-07-11· cited 124×
• United States v. Kurian Chacko
  Second Circuit· 1999-03-01· cited 104×
• United States v. James T. McNeive
  Eighth Circuit· 1976-06-24· cited 102×
• United States v. Schwartz, Steven A.
  Third Circuit· 1990-04-19· cited 67×
• United States v. Harriet Rimell, United States of America v. Albert Rimell
  Eighth Circuit· 1994-05-26· cited 65×
• United States v. Harrison P. Cronic
  Tenth Circuit· 1990-04-11· cited 60×
• United States v. John Robert Ragosta
  Second Circuit· 1992-07-23· cited 52×
• United States v. Gerald Fleming
  Eighth Circuit· 1993-10-21· cited 52×
• United States v. Rubashkin
  Eighth Circuit· 2011-09-16· cited 51×
• United States v. Sewell
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-01-17· cited 48×
• United States v. Gene E. Stone
  Sixth Circuit· 1992-01-27· cited 45×
• United States v. Michael Sheahan
  Eighth Circuit· 1994-07-05· cited 45×
• United States v. Farrington
  Eighth Circuit· 2007-08-24· cited 44×
• Brown v. United States
  Eighth Circuit· 1906-01-19· cited 44×