United States v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
2 F.3d 79 · 1993
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2023 · most notably United States v. James (2003), United States v. Hairston (1995)
15 federal appellate · 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 921 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Taylor v. United States · Needler v. Valley National Bank of Arizona · United States v. Custis · United States v. Lane · United States v. Cusack
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.
“Any crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year ... that— (i) has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another; or (ii) is burglary, arson, or extortion, involves use of explosives, or otherwise involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another. ... (emphasis added).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“While we note that [the defendant] is correct that attempted burglary under New Jersey law does not contain the elements required for ‘burglary’ as that term is defined in § 924(e), we disagree that attempted burglary does not otherwise involve conduct presenting a serious potential risk of physical injury.”); Lane, 909 F.2d at 902 (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another”
1 later decision 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.