United States v. Gray’s Empirical Analysis
809 F.2d 579 · 1987
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1114 · 18 U.S.C. § 115 · 18 U.S.C. § 1503
Relies on Hamling v. United States · Russell v. United States · Alder v. United States · Griffin v. United States · CPC International Inc. v. Dimmitt Agri Industries, Inc.
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to assault, kidnap, or murder ... an official whose killing would be a crime under [ 18 U.S.C. § 1114 ] with intent to impede, intimidate, interfere with, or retaliate against such official, ... while engaged in or on account of the performance of official duties_”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“starting point for interpreting a statute is the language of the statute itself. Absent a clearly expressed legislative intention to the contrary, that language must ordinarily be regarded as conclusive.”
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.