United States v. Chaplain’s Empirical Analysis
864 F.3d 853 · 2017
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (Hobbs Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on United States v. Farmer · Taylor v. United States · United States v. Lalley · Magwood v. Fla. Courts · United States v. Quigley
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]here a business is forced to close for a period of time, a court is especially likely to find that the robbery affected interstate commerce.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A person commits a Hobbs Act robbery if he 'in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or affects commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by robbery or extortion or attempts or conspires so to do.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“robberies caused the interruption of commerce”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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