United States v. Thundershield’s Empirical Analysis
474 F.3d 503 · 2007
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2242 · 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3583
Relies on United States v. Booker · United States v. Dunnigan · United States v. Mashek · United States v. Lincoln · Hooks v. Ohio
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If (A) the defendant willfully obstructed or impeded, or attempted to obstruct or impede, the administration of justice during the course of the investigation, prosecution, or sentencing of the instant offense of conviction, and (B) the obstruction conduct related to (i) the defendant’s offense of conviction and any relevant conduct; or (ii) a closely related offense....”
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.