United States v. Rowlett’s Empirical Analysis
23 F.3d 300 · 1994
Citation profile
30 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently November 2023 · most notably United States v. Hurst (2000), United States v. Massey (2006)
30 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.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2312 · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 26 U.S.C. § 5861 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968)
Relies on United Sav. Assn. of Tex. v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd. · Smith v. United States · United States National Bank v. Independent Insurance Agents of America, Inc. · Deal v. United States · United States v. Turley
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]f the defendant willfully obstructed or impeded, or attempted to obstruct or impede, the administration of justice during the investigation, prosecution, or sentencing of the instant offense.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]f any firearm was stolen, or had an altered or obliterated serial number.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“whether or not the theft constitutes common law larceny”
3 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.