Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 8 district · 15 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 925
Relies on Duncan v. State of Louisiana · District of Columbia v. Heller · McDonald v. City of Chicago · United States v. Marzzarella · United States v. Skoien
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]f the Supreme Court ... meant its holding to extend beyond home possession, it will need to say so more plainly”), cert. denied,-U.S.-, 132 S.Ct. 93 , 181 L.Ed.2d 22 (2011); Commonwealth v. Perez, 80 Mass.App.Ct. 271 , 952 N.E.2d 441 , 451 (2011) (”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“(1) "Handgun" means a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed on the person. (2) “Handgun” includes a short-barreled shotgun and short-barreled rifle. (3) "Handgun” does not include a shotgun, rifle, or antique firearm. CR § 4-201(c).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“'nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill[.]'”
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.