United States v. Giles’s Empirical Analysis
640 F.2d 621 · 1981
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently February 2016
11 federal appellate · 4 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. § 1202 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 925
Relies on United States v. Harriss · Lanzetta v. State New Jersey · In re Kauffman Mutual Fund Actions · United States v. Batchelder · Boyce Motor Lines, Inc. v. United States
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(4) who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or who has been committed to any mental institution; to receive any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“That on or about March 9, 1984, in the Houston Division of the Southern District of Texas, and within the jurisdiction of this Court, HUNTER KEITH JACKSON, defendant herein, who had previously been convicted on July 1, 1981, in the 176th District Court of Harris County, Texas, of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, did knowingly receive a firearm, namely, an AMT, Model Backup, .380 (9mm Kurz) caliber, semi-automatic pistol, Serial Number A15768, which had been shipped and transported in interstate commerce from California to Texas.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“It was eminently reasonable for Congress to conclude that the indictment of an individual for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year is so often indicative of a propensity for violence that the indictment classification of 18 U.S.C. § 922 (h)(1) was justified in the public interest. 478 F.2d at 1339.”
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.