United States v. Beasley’s Empirical Analysis
438 F.2d 1279 · 1971
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2021 · most notably Simpson v. United States (1978), Beasley v. United States (1974)
33 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2113
Relies on Bell v. United States · Prince v. United States · United States v. Shreveport Grain & Elevator Co. · Baker v. United States · Guarro v. United States
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) to have created an apparently dangerous situation, (b) intended to intimidate his victim to a greater degree than the mere use of language, (c) which, does in fact, place his victim in reasonable expectation of death or serious bodily injury.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(d) Whoever, in committing, or in attempting to commit, any offense defined in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, assaults any person, or puts in jeopardy the life of any person by the use of a dangerous weapon or device, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty-five years, or both.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“. In order to give lawful meaning to Congress’ enactment of the aggravating elements in 18 U.S.C. § 2113 (d), the phrase ‘by the use of a dangerous weapon or device’ must be read, regardless of punctuation, as modifying both the assault provision and the putting in jeopardy provision. [Emphasis added.]”
3 later decisions 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.