United States v. McCormack’s Empirical Analysis
371 F.3d 22 · 2004
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (Hobbs Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 28 U.S.C. § 994 · 31 U.S.C. § 5313
Relies on United States v. Olano · United States v. Lopez · Stirone v. United States · United States v. Morrison · United States v. Diaz
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a realistic probability of a de minimis effect on interstate commerce.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“); see also United States v. McCormack , 371 F.3d 22 , 27 (1st Cir. 2004) ("The commerce element of a § 1951(a) offense extends to the limit of Congress's Commerce Clause authority.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“any reasonable factfinder would conclude that, in order to satisfy such an exorbitant demand, the victim would need to liquidate assets in a manner affecting interstate commerce,”
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.