United States v. Shepard’s Empirical Analysis
348 F.3d 308 · 2003
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Taylor v. United States · Anchors v. United States · Thomas v. Southtrust Bank of Alabama · Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Bros. · Tucker v. Fischbein
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]here is a compelling inference that the plea was to the complaint and that the complaint embodied the events described in the application or police report in the case file”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“I did not admit the truth of the information contained in the ... report as part of my plea and I have never admitted in court that the facts alleged in the reports are true”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.