United States v. Schaffer’s Empirical Analysis
818 F.3d 796 · 2016
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Johnson v. United States · Johnson v. United States · 134 S. Ct. 1405 - United States v. Castleman · United States v. Rice · United States v. Boose
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“caus[ing] fear in another of immediate bodily harm or death”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the knowledge and mental state of the victim ... is not the proper focus for the force clause,”
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.