United States v. Gilbert’s Empirical Analysis
430 F.3d 215 · 2005
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently August 2022 · most notably United States v. Palma (2008), United States v. Johnson (2006)
12 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on United States v. Bailey · Bryan v. United States · Small v. United States · United States v. Crittendon · United States v. Langley
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“falls outside § 922(g) ); United States v. Rutledge , 33 F.3d 671 , 673 (6th Cir. 1994) (rejecting claim that possession of a firearm”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“it would have required a willful violation of the statute, rather than merely a knowing one,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If we were to accept [the innocent possession defense], purpose would suddenly become an issue in a great number of cases. A felon caught possessing a firearm could force the government to litigate motive simply by asserting, as Gilbert does here, that he had just found the weapon and was on his way to turn it in to the police.”
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.