United States v. Shell’s Empirical Analysis
789 F.3d 335 · 2015
Citation profile
9 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Blockburger v. United States · Taylor v. United States · Stinson v. United States · Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co. · Smith v. United States
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another, or (2) is murder, voluntary manslaughter, kidnapping, aggravated assault, a forcible sex offense, robbery, arson, extortion, or the use or unlawful possession of a firearm described in 26 U.S.C. § 5845 (a) or explosive material as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 841 (c).”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“focus on the elements, rather than the facts, of the prior offense.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to the career-offender guideline, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2.”
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.