United States v. Knutson’s Empirical Analysis
113 F.3d 27 · 1997
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently October 2017 · most notably United States v. Gonzales (1997), United States v. Robinson (1997)
27 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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. § 921 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 26 U.S.C. § 5845 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968)
Relies on Neil v. Biggers · United States v. Lopez · Luster v. Cushman · Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman · Silverman 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“made clear that federal Commerce Clause legislation continues to merit a high degree of judicial deference”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“did not purport to eliminate or erode well-established Commerce Clause precedents.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for any person to transfer or possess a machine gun. (2) This subsection does not apply with respect to— (A) a transfer to or by, or possession by or under the authority of, the United States or any department or agency thereof or a State, or a department, agency, or political subdivision thereof; or (B) any lawful transfer or lawful possession of a machine gun that was lawfully possessed before the date this subsection takes effect.”
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.