United States v. Vertz’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently August 2022
3 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. § 3742 · 18 U.S.C. § 921 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights Organization · Lee v. Brown · Dickerson v. New Banner Institute, Inc. · National Labor Relations Board v. Natural Gas Utility District · United States v. Perez
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]here the defendant is arguing that as a matter of law the undisputed facts do not constitute the offense charged in an indictment, the Court is reviewing a question of law, not fact.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Michigan statutory scheme require[s] that a 'commitment' [does] not occur until the probate court orders a person into hospitalization or alternative treatment[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“federal courts often look to state law to help determine whether a commitment has occurred.”
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.