United States v. Palmieri’s Empirical Analysis
21 F.3d 1265 · 1994
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently February 2019
14 federal appellate · 3 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) · 18 U.S.C. § 923 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 18 U.S.C. § 926 · 21 U.S.C. § 331 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 26 U.S.C. § 5845 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968) · 26 U.S.C. § 5861 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968)
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Estelle v. McGuire · United States v. Young · Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In determining whether one is engaged in the business of dealing in firearms, the finder of fact must examine the intent of the actor and all circumstances surrounding the acts alleged to constitute engaging in business.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“firearm” in one sentence. See 26 U.S.C.A. § 5845 (a). 3 . Because we find that the plain language of the statute mandates an interpretation that includes three distinct categories of weapons within the definition of machinegun, we need not consider the legislative history of section 5845(b). We note, however, that the legislative history clearly indicates an intent to expand the definition of machinegun to create three new distinct categories: The second sentence [of § 5845(b) ] is new. It provides three new categories as included within the term”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“except a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer, to engage in the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in firearms, or in the course of such business to ship, transport, or receive any firearm in interstate or foreign commerce!).]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.