United States v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis
23 F.3d 1 · 1994
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably United States v. Damon (1997), Mbea v. Gonzales (2007)
10 federal appellate · 5 district ·
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. § 16 · 18 U.S.C. § 1952 · 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 3143 (Bail Reform Act of 1984) · 18 U.S.C. § 3156 (§ 201 of the Speedy Trial Act of 1974) · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 844 · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Nye & Nissen v. United States · Kuntz v. City of Dayton · Carolco Television Inc. v. National Broadcasting Co. · Fussell v. Price · Johnson v. Brown
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“one who aids and abets an offense 'is punishable as principal' ... and the acts of the principal become those of the aider and abetter as a matter of law.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“that by its nature, involves a substantial risk that physical force against the person or property of another may be used in the course of committing the offense.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of another.”
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.