United States v. Capozzi’s Empirical Analysis
347 F.3d 327 · 2003
Citation profile
41 federal appellate · 10 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions — most recently July 2025 · most notably United States v. DeCologero (2008), United States v. Hall (2006)
41 federal appellate · 10 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. § 1951 (Hobbs Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on United States v. Olano · Illinois v. Gates · United States v. Leon · Malley v. Briggs · United States v. Lopez
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the affidavit is so lacking in indicia of probable cause as to render official belief in its existence entirely unreasonable.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a realistic probability of a de minimis effect on interstate commerce.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“One common method for the government to establish the required ` de minimis effect' on interstate commerce is to show that the defendant's activity”
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.