United States v. Plotts’s Empirical Analysis
347 F.3d 873 · 2003
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 6 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Lopez · M'Culloch v. State of Maryland · United States v. Morrison · Helvering v. Mitchell · United States v. Ward
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As the guideline’s commentary explains, “[pjattern of activity involving the sexual abuse or exploitation of a minor” means any combination of two or more .separate instances of the sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of a minor by the defendant, whether or not the abuse or exploitation (A) occurred during the course of the offense; (B) involved the same minor; or (C) resulted in a conviction for such conduct.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Act is a legitimate exercise of congressional power under the Necessary and Proper Clause.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“to aid the Executive in prosecuting those who ... violate federal criminal laws.”
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.