United States v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
931 F.2d 238 · 1991
Citation profile
57 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently January 2010 · most notably United States v. Lieberman (1992), United States v. Baird (1997)
57 federal appellate ·
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. § 111 (Federal Judiciary Protection Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 641 (Livestock Fraud Protection Act)
Relies on United States v. Kikumura · United States v. Ferra · United States v. Ryan · United States v. Roberts · United States v. Bierley
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]hen a defendant did not simply point or wave about a firearm, but actually leveled the gun at the head of the victim at close range and verbalized a threat to discharge the weapon, the conduct is properly classified as 'otherwise using' a firearm.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“brandishing, displaying, or possessing a firearm or other dangerous weapon”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“), and that “[t]he Sentencing Guidelines contain a complex procedure for determining the appropriate increase in offense level for conviction of multiple counts.”
2 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.