Bach v. Pataki’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 federal appellate · 4 district · 3 state decisions

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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[the p]ossession of a pistol or revolver by a person to whom a license therefor has been issued.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Torraco v. Port Authority of New York & New Jersey · Torraco v. PORT AUTHORITY OF NY. AND NJ.

2. “Notwithstanding any other provision of any law or any rule or regulation of a State or any political subdivision thereof, any person who is not otherwise prohibited by this chapter from transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm shall be entitled to transport a firearm for any lawful purpose from any place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm to any other place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm if, during such transportation the firearm is unloaded, and neither the firearm nor any ammunition being transported is readily accessible or is directly accessible from the passenger compartment of such transporting vehicle: Provided, That in the case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the driver’s compartment the firearm or ammunition shall be contained in a locked container other than the glove compartment or console.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Torraco v. Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

3. “in the city of New York the police commissioner of that city; in the county of Nassau the commissioner of police of that county; in the county of Suffolk the sheriff of that county except in the towns of Babylon, Brookhaven, Huntington, Islip and Smithtown, the commissioner of police of that county; for the purposes of section 400.01 of'this chapter the superintendent of state police; and elsewhere in the state a judge or justice of a court of record having his office in the county of issuance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 48 F. Supp. 3d 347 - Aron v. Becker