United States v. Gooden’s Empirical Analysis
116 F.3d 721 · 1997
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Wright v. Wright · Insurance Co. of North America v. United States Department of Labor · Penn v. Parke State Bank · Carballo v. United States · United States v. Wimbish
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a prior adult federal or state conviction for an offense punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, regardless of whether such offense is specifically designated as a felony and regardless of the actual sentence imposed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“if the offense involved a firearm described in 26 U.S.C. § 5845(a) . . . and the defendant had at least two prior felony convictions of either a crime of violence or a controlled substance offense.”
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.