United States v. Carpenter’s Empirical Analysis
403 F.3d 9 · 2005
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on United States v. Booker · Arizona v. Fulminante · United States v. Antonakopoulos · Aqualine Associates, Ltd. v. Genesis Health Ventures, Inc. · Perez v. United States
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the government adduced expert testimony to the effect that it is exceedingly difficult to lift viable fingerprints from the surfaces of this particular weapon.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“recklessly ... fled a traffic stop, r[a]n from his wrecked vehicle, and engaged the police in a life-threatening foot pursuit across a busy interstate highway”
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.