United States v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
953 F.2d 110 · 1991
Citation profile
78 federal appellate · 5 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 104 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably United States v. Doe (1992), United States v. Smith (1993)
78 federal appellate · 5 district · 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. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Taylor v. United States · In re Disbarment of Johnson · Gozlon-Peretz v. United States · Norman v. Reed · St. Martin Evangelical Lutheran Church v. South Dakota
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 104 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage“(1) the defendant was at least eighteen years old at the time of the instant offense, (2) the instant offense of conviction is a felony that is either a crime of violence or a controlled substance offense, and (3) the defendant has at least two prior felony convictions of either a crime of violence or a controlled substance offense.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage“If the statutory definition of the offense does not use these terms, then the [ ] court may look to the conduct described in the indictment against the defendant (but no further) in determining if the offense presented a serious potential risk of physical injury to another.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.