United States v. Floyd Lovell Fish

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Interpreting the catchall phrase . . . to cover possession of a ‘pipe bomb’ would render the provision’s specific inclusion of ‘use of explosives’ in the same section surplusage.”
• in case involving catchall clause, applying categorical approach and assuming without deciding that modified categorical approach applies
• in case involving catchall clause, applying categorical approach and assuming without deciding that modified categorical approach applies
• “To ‘use’ an explosive, one must first necessarily ‘possess’ it.”
• possession of a pipe bomb is not a crime of violence
• “To ‘use’ an explosive, one must first necessarily ‘possess’ it.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).