United States v. Settle’s Empirical Analysis
414 F.3d 629 · 2005
Citation profile
11 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently January 2020 · most notably United States v. Horton (2012), United States v. Williams (2005)
11 federal appellate ·
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. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on United States v. Booker · United States v. Barnett · Will v. Hallock · United States v. Hudson · United States v. Davidson
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“all acts and omissions committed, aided, abetted, counseled, commanded, induced, procured, or willfully caused by the defendant . . . that occurred during the commission of the offense of conviction, in preparation for that offense, or in the course of attempting to avoid detection or responsibility for that offense.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the district court may apply Guidelines § 2K2. 1(c)(1) if it finds a clear connection between the firearm that Settle possessed on July 4, 2002 and any different firearm he possessed thereafter”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“there must be a relationship between firearms that form part of the relevant conduct and the firearms that are part of the offense of conviction.”
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.