Seals v. McBee’s Empirical Analysis
898 F.3d 587 · 2018
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 112 · 18 U.S.C. § 871 (Presidential Threat Protection Act of 2000) · 49 U.S.C. § 46504
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Friends of the Earth Incorporateds v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc · City of Los Angeles v. Lyons · Bennett v. Spear
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.
“the use of violence, force, or threats upon [a specified list of persons, including any public officer or public employee] with the intent to influence his conduct in relation to his position, employment, or duty.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'causal connection between the injury and the conduct complained of such that the injury is 'fairly traceable to the challenged action of the defendant, and not the result of the independent action of some third party not before the court.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile action on someone in retribution for something done or not done.”
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.