United States v. Keith’s Empirical Analysis
375 F.3d 346 · 2004
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 5822 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968)
Relies on Ornelas v. United States · Griffin v. Wisconsin · United States v. Knights · 403 So. 2d 1234 - State v. Malone · State v. Ratcliff
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] he core reasoning of the Court in both [Griffin and Knights ] is directed at explaining why the needs of the probation system outweigh the privacy rights of the probationers generally, who inherently 'do not enjoy the absolute liberty to which every citizen is entitled”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Probation, like incarceration, is a form of criminal sanction imposed by a court upon an offender after verdict, finding, or plea of guilty. Probation is one point on a continuum of possible punishments ranging from solitary confinement in a maximum-security facility to a few hours of mandatory community service. Inherent in the very nature of probation is that probationers do not enjoy the absolute liberty to which every citizen is entitled.”
1 later decision 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.