United States v. Cunningham’s Empirical Analysis
145 F.3d 1385 · 1998
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 3 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions — most recently March 2023 · most notably United States of America v. Bountaem Chanthadara (2000), United States v. Verrecchia (1999)
34 federal appellate · 3 district · 5 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. § 1001 (Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990) · 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 2421 (White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910 (Mann Act)) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Faretta v. California · Kotteakos v. United States · Arizona v. Fulminante · Sullivan v. Louisiana
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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hen a felon possesses multiple weapons, only one offense is committed, unless the weapons are stored or acquired at different times or places.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[u]ncertainty as to the unit of prosecution intended by Congress,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“It shall be unlawful for any person ... who has been convicted in any court of[ ] a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year ... to ship or transport in interstate or foreign commerce, or possess in or affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition; or to receive any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.