United States v. Shear’s Empirical Analysis
962 F.2d 488 · 1992
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently August 2023
6 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 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. § 1027 · 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 242 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 18 U.S.C. App. § 1202 · 21 U.S.C. § 848 (§ 408 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 651 (§ 2 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970)
Relies on Busic v. United States · Standefer v. United States · Gebardi v. United States · United States v. Wong Kim Bo · Grau v. United States
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“OSHA requires that all employees, as well as employers, to comply with safety standards and regulations. But the Act only imposes criminal liability on employers for willfully violating such standards or regulations. While employees have a duty to follow OSHA regulations, Congress has chosen not to criminalize employee abdications of that responsibility.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Each employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued pursuant to this chapter which are applicable to his own actions and conduct.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]hoever commits an offense against the United States or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures its commission, is punishable as a principal.”
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.