United States v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
835 F.2d 983 · 1987
Citation profile
49 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently January 2025 · most notably United States v. Torres (1990), United States v. Rosa (1993)
49 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 111 (Federal Judiciary Protection Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 1114
Relies on Glasser v. United States · United States v. Feola · B.D. International Discount Corp. v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. · Logarusic v. United States · Utility Contractors, Inc. 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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'such a threat or display of physical aggression toward the officer as to inspire fear of pain, bodily harm, or death.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In order to protect the law enforcement function itself, the statute must be read as prohibiting any acts or threats of bodily harm that might reasonably deter a federal official from the performance of his or her duties.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]f the 'force' element [of 18 U.S.C. 111(a)] is to be established by proof of threats rather than by proof of actual touching, the threat must have been of immediate harm.”
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.