Gurten v. Sessions’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 921 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on District of Columbia v. Heller · United States v. Marzzarella · United States v. Skoien · Commonwealth v. Bavusa · Binderup v. Attorney General United States
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“aggravated assault, carrying firearms without a license, carrying firearms in public in Philadelphia, possessing instruments of crime, terroristic threats, simple assault, and recklessly endangering another person.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“what facts the sentencing judge heard, or whether the sentence is the product of negotiations between counsel or trial judge hearing facts and analyzing a pre-sentence report to truly assess”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the punishments are selected by judges who have firsthand knowledge of the facts and circumstances of the case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Miller v. Sessions
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.