United States v. Otto’s Empirical Analysis
64 F.3d 367 · 1995
Citation profile
14 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently September 2021
14 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 26 U.S.C. § 5845 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968) · 26 U.S.C. § 5861 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968)
Relies on Staples v. United States · United States v. Lamere · United States v. Barr · United States v. Sweet · United States v. Passmore
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We review the district court's factual findings for clear error, but review de novo its determination that an obstruction of justice enhancement applies.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“must prove that the defendant knew of the features of the weapon that brought it within the scope of”
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.