United States v. Bayles’s Empirical Analysis
310 F.3d 1302 · 2002
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Koon v. United States · United States v. Lopez · United States v. Morrison · United States v. Rivera · Miles v. Burgess
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.
“If the defendant ... possessed all ammunition and firearms solely for lawful sporting purposes or collection, and did not unlawfully discharge or otherwise unlawfully use such firearms or ammunition, decrease the offense level ... to level 6.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“mere fact that [the defendant] was unaware that § 922(g)(8) prohibited his possession of firearms after the issuance of the [domestic violence] protective order does not remove his conduct from the heartland of § 922(g)(8) cases”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[n]othing about the circumstances of [defendant's] offense afforded him less notice than any other offender would have had with respect”
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.