United States v. Rutledge’s Empirical Analysis
33 F.3d 671 · 1994
Citation profile
26 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently April 2019 · most notably United States v. Rutherford (1995), United States v. Pluta (1998)
26 federal appellate ·
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. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis v. Carver · Lee v. Brown · Air Line Pilots Ass'n v. Landry · United States v. Walton · Pickens v. Lockheed Corp.
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“focus on the motive or purpose of the current possession of firearms”); United States v. Rutledge, 33 F.3d 671 , 673 (6th Cir.1994) (“Rutledge's claim that he possessed the gun for innocent purposes was not a legitimate defense to the unlawful possession charges.”). But see United States v. Williams, 389 F.3d 402 , 405 (2d Cir.2004) (suggesting that”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is well established that findings of fact crucial to the determination of a defendant's offense level and criminal history category need only be supported by a preponderance of the evidence; the government need not establish the facts beyond a reasonable doubt.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a crime of violence was in fact committed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.