18 U.S.C. § 1364
Section 1364 · Interference with foreign commerce by violence
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case United States v. Tanner (1967)
Most recently applied in 762 F. Supp. 2d 942 - In Re Enron Corp. Securities, Derivative & Erisa Lit. (December 2010)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Whoever, with intent to prevent, interfere with, or obstruct or attempt to prevent, interfere with, or obstruct the exportation to foreign countries of articles from the United States, injures or destroys, by fire or explosives, such articles or the places where they may be while in such foreign commerce, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §381 (June 15, 1917, ch. 30, titles IV, XIII, §1, 40 Stat. 221, 231; Mar. 28, 1940, ch. 72, §4, 54 Stat. 79).
Mandatory punishment provisions were rephrased in the alternative.
Definition of the term “United States” was omitted and incorporated in section 5 of this title.
Minor verbal changes were made.
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $10,000”.
Canal Zone
Applicability of section to Canal Zone, see section 14 of this title.
Cross References
Destruction of property moving in commerce, see section 80501 of Title 49, Transportation.
Jurisdiction of offenses, see section 3241 of this title.