United States v. Pendleton’s Empirical Analysis
658 F.3d 299 · 2011
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2250 · 18 U.S.C. § 2252 · 18 U.S.C. § 2423 (White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910 (Mann Act)) · 18 U.S.C. § 3237 · 18 U.S.C. § 3238 · 18 U.S.C. § 3582 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on United States v. Salerno · United States v. Lopez · Caminetti v. United States · Gibbons v. Ogden · United States v. Morrison
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) a sexual act (as defined in section 2246) with a person under 18 years of age that would be in violation of chapter 109A if the sexual act occurred in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States; or (2) any commercial sex act (as defined in section 1591) with a person under 18 years of age.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]ravel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“Congress is empowered to regulate and protect the instrumentalities of interstate commerce, or persons or things in interstate commerce, even though the threat may come only from intrastate activities.”
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.