United States v. James’s Empirical Analysis
443 F.2d 348 · 1971
Citation profile
16 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 5841 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968) · 26 U.S.C. § 5861 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968) · 26 U.S.C. § 5871 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968)
Relies on United States v. Freed · Consolidated Edison Co. of New York v. United States · United States v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. · Patterson v. Medberry · Thompson v. Whittier
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The matter of sentencing is within the discretion of the trial court, and not reviewable by an appellate court so long as the sentence falls within the boqnds prescribed by statute.”
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.