United States v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
485 F.2d 557 · 1973
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · United States v. Bass · Ruckelshaus v. Sierra Club · Kelsaw v. Oregon · Meisel Et Al. v. United States
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“. . . we conclude that the Government meets its burden here if it demonstrates that the firearm received has previously traveled in interstate commerce.”
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.