United States v. Donovan’s Empirical Analysis
2024
Citation profile
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from New Hampshire District Court)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 921 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Hoffman v. United States · Marchetti v. United States · Rogers v. United States · United States v. Rodriguez · United States v. Pratt
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] question [of] whether the evidence is sufficient to support a particular guideline determination is a question of law and, therefore, engenders de novo review.”
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.