United States v. Hunter’s Empirical Analysis
101 F.3d 82 · 1996
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 60 later decisions — most recently October 2020 · most notably United States v. Kaluna (1998), United States v. Severino (2003)
36 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. § 2113 · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 921 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Smith v. United States · Gregory Lumber Co. v. United States · Morrison v. Olson · Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Martin Exploration Management Co. · American Tobacco Co. v. Patterson
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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“any weapon ... which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]bsent a clearly expressed legislative intention to the contrary, the plain language of the statute is ordinarily conclusive.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“have the same effect on victims and observers when pointed or displayed, tending to intimidate, and also increase the risk of violence by others who may respond to the perceived danger represented by the (presumably) loaded gun.”
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.