Fowler v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
563 U.S. 668 · 2011
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1512 · 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on United States v. Powell · Ratzlaf et Ux United States · George Duncan Superintendent Great Meadow Correctional Facility v. Sherman Walker · Jones v. United States · Burgess 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“hinder, delay, or prevent the communication to a law enforcement officer or judge of the United States[.]”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“crimes, investigations, and witness tampering ... are purely state in nature.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[T]he frequent overlap between state and federal crimes”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.