United States v. West’s Empirical Analysis
562 F.2d 375 · 1977
Citation profile
19 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently January 1999
19 federal appellate ·
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. § 495 · 18 U.S.C. § 659 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on United States v. Hutcheson · Milanovich v. United States · Jones v. United States · Costello v. United States · United States v. Garner
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It shall be unlawful for any person to receive, conceal, store, barter, sell, or dispose of any stolen firearm ..., or to pledge or accept as security for a loan any stolen firearm ..., which is moving as, which is part of, or which constitutes interstate or foreign commerce, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the firearm ... was stolen.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“It shall be unlawful for any person to receive, conceal, store, barter, sell, or dispose of any stolen firearm ... which is moving as, which is a part of, which constitutes, or which has been shipped or transported in, interstate or foreign commerce, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the firearm ... was stolen.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Error in the citation [of the statute, rule, regulation or other provision of law which the defendant is alleged to have violated] or its omission shall not be ground for dismissal of the indictment or information or for reversal of a conviction if the error or omission did not mislead the defendant to his prejudice.”
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.