United States v. Young’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

33 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions

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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) “used a facility of interstate commerce, such as the internet or the telephone system;” (2) “knowingly used the facility of interstate commerce with the intent to persuade or entice a person to engage in illegal sexual activity;” and (3) “believed that the person he sought to persuade or entice was under the age of eighteen.””

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Herbst · United States v. Shinn

2. “(1) intent to commit the predicate offense; and (2) conduct that is a substantial step toward its commission.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Petroske · United States v. Strubberg

3. “Whoever, in the special, maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States ... knowingly— (2) engages in a sexual act with another person if that other person is— (A) incapable of appraising the nature of the conduct; or (B) physically incapable of declining participation in, or communicating unwillingness to engage in, that sexual act; or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for any term of years or for life.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Bruguier