United States v. Cox’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
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Applies 26 U.S.C. § 5861 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968) · 28 U.S.C. § 453
Relies on United States v. Lopez · District of Columbia v. Heller · New York v. United States · McDonald v. City of Chicago · Gonzalez v Raich
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.
“if the NFA is otherwise consistent with the Constitution and constitutes a valid exercise of Congress's taxing power,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. United States v. Cox“nothing in [ Heller ] ... casts doubt on the constitutionality of”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. United States v. Cox“then it does not run afoul of the Tenth Amendment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. United States v. Cox
How this case has been treated — in progress
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