United States v. Whindleton’s Empirical Analysis
797 F.3d 105 · 2015
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 12 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 16 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Griffith v. Kentucky · United States v. Zannino · 135 S. Ct. 2551 - Johnson v. United States · Descamps v. United States · Johnson 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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Logically, the harm threatened by an assault is far more violent than offensive touching when committed with a weapon that is designed to produce or used in a way that is capable of producing serious bodily harm or death.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force' as required by the ACCA's Force Clause.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another.”
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.