United States v. Wiggins’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3564 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 925 · 28 U.S.C. § 1361 · 28 U.S.C. § 1651
Relies on Kerr v. United States Dist. Court for Northern Dist. of Cal. · Robertson v. Seattle Audubon Society · In Re First Federal Savings And Loan Association Of Durham · United States v. Dickerson · Nader v. Volpe
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“will not be likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety and that the granting of the relief would not be contrary to the public interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“clearly intended to suspend 925(c) relief by denial of funding for investigating and processing applications under the statute,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]his is not [a] situation where an agency's proceedings have been tainted by unreasonable delay.”
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.