United States v. Davidson’s Empirical Analysis
449 F.3d 849 · 2006
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently February 2025
17 federal appellate · 1 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. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on United States v. Booker · Batson v. Kentucky · Miller-El v. Dretke · Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors v. U.S. Bank N.A. · United States v. Elliott
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Evidentiary rulings are reviewed for abuse of discretion, and we afford deference to the district judge who saw and heard the evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Body language and demeanor can be appropriate reasons to strike jurors.”
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.