United States v. John’s Empirical Analysis
936 F.2d 764 · 1991
Citation profile
60 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions — most recently June 2013 · most notably United States v. Parson (1992), United States v. Salmon 90-3355 E 90-3363 90-3366 90-3438 (1991)
60 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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. § 16 · 18 U.S.C. § 3551 (Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 994
Relies on Taylor v. United States · Rummel v. Estelle · In re Disbarment of Johnson · Gozlon-Peretz v. United States · United States v. Hawkins
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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"any offense under federal or state law 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 of a dwelling, arson, or extortion, involves use of explosives, or otherwise involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another."”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“it is not only impermissible, but pointless, for the court to look through to the defendant’s actual criminal conduct”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“posing a serious potential risk of physical injury to another.”
5 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.