United States v. Beyle’s Empirical Analysis
782 F.3d 159 · 2015
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1111 · 18 U.S.C. § 1201 (International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act of 1993) · 18 U.S.C. § 1203 · 18 U.S.C. § 1651 · 18 U.S.C. § 2280 (§ 60019 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 28 U.S.C. § 1783
Relies on Chambers v. Mississippi · United States v. Nixon · Washington v. Texas · United States v. Valenzuela-Bernal · Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping Corp.
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he United States and its allies are engaged in a multinational battle against piracy in the waters off the Horn of Africa. Through the Gulf of Aden and much of the Indian Ocean, Somalia-based pirates have launched attacks against commercial and recreational vessels, from large freighters to personal yachts. Piracy poses a threat not only to the free flow of global commerce, but also to the individuals who navigate the seas.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“almost all of [UNCLOS's] high-seas provisions apply with equal force inside the EEZ as they do outside it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“he was kidnapped before the piracy operation” and”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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