Lopes v. Keisler’s Empirical Analysis
505 F.3d 58 · 2007
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 16 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1229A (§ 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Taylor v. United States · Shepard v. United States · Leocal v. Ashcroft · Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Conteh v. Gonzales
Most-quoted passages
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“(a) an offense that has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of another, or (b) any other offense that is a felony and that, by its nature, involves a substantial risk that physical force against the person or property of another may be used in the course of committing the offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“An assault, as ordinarily defined, is any unlawful attempt or offer with force or violence to do a corporal hurt to another, whether from malice or wantonness. The offense may consist also in putting another in fear of violence.”
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.