Dickerson v. New Banner Institute, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
780 federal appellate · 98 district · 105 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,350 later decisions (25 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2025 · most notably Taylor v. United States (1990), Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (1983)
780 federal appellate · 98 district · 105 state decisions — followed in 24 states
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedNew Banner Institute, Inc. v. Dickerson (from Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 80A · 15 U.S.C. § 80B · 18 U.S.C. § 4251 · 18 U.S.C. § 921 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 923 · 21 U.S.C. § 844 (§ 404 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2901
Relies on Boykin v. Alabama · Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · United States v. Turkette · United States v. Bass · Kercheval v. United States
Cited together with Lewis v. United States · Taylor v. United States · Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · United States v. Turley
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 1,350 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]n determining the scope of a statute, one is to look first at its language. If the language is unambiguous, ... it is to be regarded as conclusive unless there is a clearly expressed legislative intent to the contrary.”
65 later decisions quote this exact passage“The term “crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year” does not include— (A) any Federal or State offenses pertaining to antitrust violations, unfair trade practices, restraints of trade, or other similar offenses relating to the regulation of business practices, or (B) any State offense classified by the laws of the State as a misdemeanor and punishable by a term of imprisonment of two years or less. What constitutes a conviction of such a crime shall be determined in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction in which the proceedings were held. Any conviction which has been expunged, or set aside or for which a person has been pardoned or has had civil rights restored shall not be considered a conviction for purposes of this chapter, unless such pardon, expungement, or restoration of civil rights expressly provides that the person may not ship, transport, possess, or receive firearms.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage“because the application of federal legislation is nationwide and at times the federal program would be impaired if state law were to control.”
8 later decisions 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.