Wilson v. Cook County’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
18 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Kolender v. Lawson · District of Columbia v. Heller · Kyllo v. United States · Staples v. United States · Nordlinger v. Hahn
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“First, the court considers whether the challenged law imposes a burden on conduct falling within the scope of the second amendment's guarantee. [Citation.] This historical inquiry seeks to determine whether the conduct at issue was understood to be within the scope of the right to bear arms when the second amendment was ratified. [Citation.] If the challenged law does not burden protected conduct, then the law is valid, provided that it satisfies the due process mandate of rationality in lawmaking. [Citations.] However, if the challenged law burdens conduct that was within the scope of the right, then the court applies an appropriate form of heightened means-end scrutiny. [Citation.] Because a rational basis review cannot be applied to conduct falling within the scope of the second amendment's protection, the government bears the burden of justifying the constitutional validity of the law. [Citation.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Heller applies only to the question presentedthat the second amendment right to bear arms protected the right to possess a handgun in the home for self-defense purposes. [Citation.] McDonald also addressed the limited question of whether a ban on the possession of a handgun in the home violated the second amendment right to bear arms.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“semiautomatic rifle that has the capacity to accept a large capacity magazine[,] detachable or otherwise.”
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.