United States v. Roman’s Empirical Analysis
795 F.3d 511 · 2015
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2422 (White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910 (Mann Act)) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Salinas v. United States · United States v. Meek · United States v. Tykarsky · Al Ghashiyan v. Hines · United States v. Bailey
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whoeyer, using, the mail or any facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce, or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States knowingly persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any individual who has not attained the age of eighteen years, to engage in prostitution or any sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense, or attempt to do so, shall be fined under this title and imprisoned not less than 10 years or for life.”
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.