United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
957 F.2d 835 · 1992
Citation profile
16 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Gregory Lumber Co. v. United States · Lane v. Peterson · Morrison v. Olson · Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Martin Exploration Management Co. · Rosenberg v. Comerica Bank
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the weapon to facilitate in any manner the commission of the offense”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“during and in relation to . . . [a] drug trafficking crime”
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.