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← 417 Md. 479 - Williams v. State

Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2011

Citation profile

43
cited by 43 later decisions
6
cited 6 times by the Supreme Court
3
states following
June 2020
most recently cited

10 federal appellate · 8 district · 15 state decisions

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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.

  1. “[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
  2. “(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
  3. “'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.