United States v. Bey’s Empirical Analysis
667 F.2d 7 · 1982
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently January 2001 · most notably United States v. Alvarez (1985), United States v. Sanchez (1990)
30 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 111 (Federal Judiciary Protection Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 1792
Relies on Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Sansone v. United States · Cree v. Goldstein · Brewer v. United States · Addington v. Texas
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“forcible assault with a dangerous weapon.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]hat constitutes a dangerous weapon under the statute depends not on the nature of the object itself, but on the object's capacity, given its manner or use, to endanger life or inflict great bodily harm.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““At the close of the evidence or at such earlier time during the trial as the court reasonably directs, any party may file written requests that the'court instruct the jury on the law as set forth in the requests____ The court shall inform counsel of its proposed action upon the requests prior to their arguments to the jury, but the court shall instruct the jury after the arguments are completed. No party may assign as error any portion of the charge or omission therefrom unless he objects thereto before the jury retires to consider its verdict, stating distinctly the matter to which he objects and the grounds of his objection.” Fed.R.Crim.P. 30 (emphasis added).”
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.