Rubin v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
42 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently March 2016 · most notably 9 Cal. App. 4th 88 - Jacoves v. United Merchandising Corp. (1992), Ramon v. Glenroy Const. Co., Inc. (1993)
42 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. § 921 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Kuhns v. Brugger · 97 Wash. 2d 929 - Bernethy v. Walt Failor's, Inc. · Havert v. Caldwell · 171 Ind. App. 14 - Petroski v. Northern Indiana Public Service Co. · Matthews 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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is unlawful for a person to sell, give, or in any manner transfer the ownership or possession of a handgun to one who the person has reasonable cause to believe: (1) Has been convicted of a felony; (2) Is a drug abuser; (3) Is an alcohol abuser; or (4) Is of unsound mind.” (Subdivision 4 has been amended to read “(4) Is mentally incompetent.” P.L. 33-1989, effective July 1, 1989)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Johnson v. Patterson“While the question of duty, whether based on the common law or the violation of a statute, is a question of law, we consider the question of whether a statute has been violated . . . to be reserved for the trier of fact.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Trial Rule 56(E) requires that affidavits opposing summary judgment 'set forth such facts as would be admissible in evidence....'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Douglas v. Monroe
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.