State v. Ellenberger’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 921 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on United States v. Hall · State v. Soto · Lankford v. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration · Nadeau v. Austin Mutual Insurance Co. · Brook v. State
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.
“[t]he sawed-off shotgun has no legitimate use in the society whatsoever.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“punish[ed] the use of any shotgun with a barrel of less than eighteen inches, regardless of the gun's overall length.”
1 later decision 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.