United States v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
54 F.3d 73 · 1995
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently December 2018 · most notably United States v. Warshak (2010), Ming Lam Sui v. Immigration & Naturalization Service (2001)
15 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2311 (Anti Car Theft Act of 1992) · 18 U.S.C. § 2314 · 18 U.S.C. § 2315 · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 471 (Counterfeit Deterrence Act of 1992) · 18 U.S.C. § 495 · 18 U.S.C. § 510 · 18 U.S.C. § 513
Relies on United States v. Olano · Huddleston v. United States · Griffin v. United States · Gregory v. United States · Reavis v. Antinore
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The 'same course of conduct' concept ... looks to whether the defendant repeats the same type of criminal activity over time. It does not require that acts be 'connected together' by common participants or by an overall scheme.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]cts may be found to be part of the 'same course of conduct' if the defendant engaged in a repeated pattern of similar criminal acts, even if they were not performed pursuant to a single scheme or plan.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Conduct that is part of the instant offense means conduct that is relevant conduct to the instant offense under the provisions of § 1B1.3 (Relevant Conduct).”
2 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.