United States v. Matter’s Empirical Analysis
818 F.2d 653 · 1987
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently July 2010
11 federal appellate · 7 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 Oyler v. Boles · Wayte v. United States · United States v. Goodwin · United States v. Catlett · United States v. Hintzman
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In order to make out a prima facie case of selective prosecution, the defendants must show: (1) that they were singled out for prosecution while others similarly situated were not prosecuted for similar conduct; and (2) that the decision to prosecute was based on an impermissible motive such as race, religion, or an attempt by the defendant to secure other constitutional rights.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The defendant's burden is a heavy one, and because we afford broad discretion to prosecuting authorities, we require `a showing of intentional and purposeful discrimination.' Absent this prima facie showing, the prosecution will be presumed to have been undertaken in good faith.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Minnesota Statutes § 609.02(2) defines felony as a crime ‘for which a sentence of imprisonment for more than one year may be imposed.’ Thus, by definition, a violation of Minn. Stat. § 609.62 is a felony.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Olson
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.