United States v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
595 F.3d 441 · 2010
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (Hobbs Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Taylor v. United States · Shepard v. United States · Stinson v. United States · James v. United States · 170 W. Va. 662 - State v. Neider
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.
“any offense under federal or state law, punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, that— (1) has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another, or (2) is burglary of a dwelling, arson, or extortion, involves use of explosives, or otherwise involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Because of the substantial similarity between the ACCA's definition of violent felony and the Guidelines' definition of crime of violence, 'authority interpreting one phrase frequently is found to be persuasive in interpreting the other phrase.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A]ll fifty states define robbery, essentially, as the taking of property from another person or from the immediate presence of another person by force or by intimidation.”
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.