United States v. Faust’s Empirical Analysis
795 F.3d 1243 · 2015
Citation profile
8 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2422 (White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910 (Mann Act)) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Liparota v. United States · Jones v. United States · United States v. Broussard · United States v. Brand
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“While it may be rare for there to be a separation between the intent to persuade and the follow-up intent to perform the act after persuasion, they are two clearly separate and different intents and the Congress has made a clear choice to criminalize persuasion and the attempt to persuade, not the performance of the sexual acts themselves.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“crossed the line ... the moment he began making arrangements to meet [the purported minor], notwithstanding the lack of evidence that he traveled to the supposed meeting place.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the government had to show that [the defendant] took a substantial step towards the commission of the ultimate crime, and that such step was more than mere preparation.”
2 later decisions 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.