United States v. Reed’s Empirical Analysis
375 F.3d 340 · 2004
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 111 (Federal Judiciary Protection Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 1114 · 18 U.S.C. § 2113 · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on United States v. Feola · United States v. Vargas-Duran · Texas Food Industry Assoc. v. United States Department of Agriculture · United States v. Hooker · United States v. Loe
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“any officer or employee of the United States or of any agency in any branch of the United States Government (including any member of the uniformed services) while such officer or employee is engaged in or on account of the performance of official duties, or any person assisting such an officer or employee in the performance of such duties or on account of that assistance ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“as explained by Merriam-Webster Dictionary and in relevant case law, P.D. was a person assisting an officer or employee of the United States. As a threshold matter, the USPS is”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he meaning of the verb 'assist' is thus clear and uncontroverted: It means to provide supplemental help or support in carrying out some task of mutual involvement.”
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.