United States v. Arnold’s Empirical Analysis
126 F.3d 82 · 1997
Citation profile
8 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2021
8 federal appellate ·
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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2119 · 18 U.S.C. § 2322 · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux · Rubin v. United States · Tison v. Arizona · West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Casey
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whoever, with the intent to cause death or serious bodily harm takes a motor vehicle that has been transported, shipped, or received in interstate or foreign commerce from the person or presence of another by force and violence or by intimidation, or attempts to do so, shall "(1) be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both, "(2) if serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365 of this title, including any conduct that, if the conduct occurred in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, would violate section 2241 or 2242 of this title) results, be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 25 years, or both, and "(3) if death results, be fined under this title or imprisoned for any number of years up to life, or both, or sentenced to death.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(2) if serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365 of this title, including any conduct that, if the conduct occurred in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, would violate section 2241 or 2242 of this title) results, be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 25 years, or both, and”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Notwithstanding that such a result was unintended, the Court declines any invitation to redraft the statute — that is a task better left to the legislature.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Olden v. Corp
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.