United States v. Olson’s Empirical Analysis
646 F.3d 569 · 2011
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on United States v. Dupree · United States v. Easter · United States v. Hampton · United States v. San-Miguel · United States v. Bastian
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that a person was a law enforcement officer, assaulted such officer during the course of the offense or immediate flight therefrom” and did so”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“need not, and do[es] not, decide whether a mental state falling short of intent to cause fear could satisfy the common-law definition of 'menacing' assault for the purposes of § 3A1.2(c)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“We join those circuits that have concluded that the term 'assault' in the Official Victim enhancement is a reference to common-law criminal assault.”
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.