United States v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
892 F.3d 385 · 2018
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2024
5 federal appellate · 2 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. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3584 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 26 U.S.C. § 5845 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · United States v. Booker · Gall v. United States · United States v. Olano · In the Matter of Samuel Winship
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“any offense ... that has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“capable of causing physical pain or injury to another person.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[i]f it is possible to commit the crime without the use, attempted use, or threatened use of violent force, the offense-level enhancement does not apply, regardless of whether the defendant's actual conduct in perpetrating the offense would individually qualify.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.