United States v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis
32 F.3d 1 · 1994
Citation profile
57 federal appellate · 7 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 78 later decisions — most recently August 2023 · most notably United States v. Wyatt (1996), United States v. Nale (1996)
57 federal appellate · 7 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. § 3742 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Smith v. United States · Norman v. Reed · Wade v. Shook · United States v. Stewart · Hinojosa v. United States
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 78 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e review the court's factfinding for clear error, giving due deference to the court's application of the guidelines to the facts.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the phrase 'in connection with' should be interpreted broadly and ... where a defendant's possession of a firearm aids or facilitates the commission of another offense, the requisite link is present.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]f the defendant used or possessed any firearm or ammunition in connection with another felony offense....”
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.