United States v. Percoco’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1344 · 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (Hobbs Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 2
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Toussie v. United States · Evans v. United States · United States v. Concepcion · United States v. Margiotta
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[O]nly public officials -- that is, persons who hold official positions within the government -- are capable of committing the substantive offense of extortion under color of official right . . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[w]hoever in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or affects commerce . . . by . . . extortion . . . under color of official right.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.