United States v. May’s Empirical Analysis
359 F.3d 683 · 2004
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently May 2022 · most notably United States v. Dugger (2007), United States v. Steffen (2013)
14 federal appellate · 1 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. § 241 (Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 18 U.S.C. § 844 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 3631
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Braverman v. United States · Virginia v. Black · United States v. Gordon · United States v. Ruhe
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(I) “Otherwise used” with reference to a dangerous weapon (including a firearm) means that the conduct did not amount to the discharge of a firearm but was more than brandishing, displaying, or possessing a firearm or other dangerous weapon.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“he has clearly recognized and affirmatively accepted personal responsibility for his criminal conduct,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the defendant clearly demonstrates acceptance of responsibility for his offense.”
1 later decision 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.