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The interpretation of 18 U.S.C. § 111 by federal courts, specifically regarding the requirement of a common-law 'simple assault' for convictions.
Federal prosecutors use C. § 111 to target individual acts that “forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with” s while they are performing official duties, and they use 18 U...
Federal courts in the last five years have fractured on whether C. § 111 requires “assault” as an essential element and how broadly the adjective “forcibly” reaches non‑contact conduct; some courts an...
Federal courts are sharply split over whether common‑law simple assault is an element of : some circuits treat § 111 convictions as requiring at least some form of assaultive conduct, while others all...
News coverage has regularly avoided ambiguity when multiple people named “Caldwell” appear in legal matters by pairing the surname with role, first name or initial, geographic or organizational affili...
Federal courts are divided: several circuits read 18 U.S.C. § 111 as demanding at least a common‑law “simple assault” (or equivalent threatened‑force element) for convictions, while other circuits tre...