United States v. Headspeth’s Empirical Analysis
852 F.2d 753 · 1988
Citation profile
108 federal appellate · 4 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 143 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2020 · most notably Taylor v. United States (1990), United States v. Sherbondy (1988)
108 federal appellate · 4 district · 3 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. § 1202 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 26 U.S.C. § 5861 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968)
Relies on Morissette v. United States · United States v. Bass · United States v. Batchelder · Bifulco v. United States · Rewis 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 143 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“any crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year that— (i) has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another; or (ii) is burglary, arson, or extortion, involves use of explosives, or otherwise involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“does not encompass storehouse breaking as that offense is defined under Maryland law.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“self-evident meaning comprehensible to the lay juror.”
4 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.