United States v. Breier’s Empirical Analysis
813 F.2d 212 · 1987
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently November 2013 · most notably United States v. Rewald (1987), Covey v. Hollydale Mobilehome Estates (1997)
20 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 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 1 U.S.C. § 109 · 18 U.S.C. § 921 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 26 U.S.C. § 7237
Relies on Lawson v. Credithrift of America · Warden Lewisburg Penitentiary v. Marrero · Bradley v. United States · Hamm v. City of Rock Hill · Hertz v. Woodman
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The repeal of any statute shall not have the effect to release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under such statute, unless the repealing Act shall so expressly provide, and such statute shall be treated as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of such penalty, forfeiture or liability.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a person who makes occasional sales, exchanges, or purchases of firearms for the enhancement of a personal collection or for a hobby, or who sells all or part of his personal collection of firearms”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“engaged in the business of dealing in firearms”
2 later decisions 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.