United States v. Willis’s Empirical Analysis
844 F.3d 155 · 2016
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (Hobbs Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 3241 · 18 U.S.C. § 666 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 48 U.S.C. § 1541 (Revised Organic Act) · 48 U.S.C. § 1561
Relies on Huddleston v. United States · Salinas v. United States · Sabri v. United States · United States v. Sun-Diamond Growers of California · Fischer 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A judgment of acquittal is appropriate under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 29 if, after reviewing the record in a light most favorable to the prosecution, we determine that no rational jury could have found proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“that Congress intended to expand the federal government's prosecutorial power to encompass significant misapplication of federal funds at a local level.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the Supreme Court has repeatedly avoided constructions of § 666 that would impose limits beyond those set out in the plain meaning of the statute.”
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.