United States v. Kolter’s Empirical Analysis
849 F.2d 541 · 1988
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions — most recently July 2011 · most notably United States v. Cassidy (1990), United States v. Brebner (1991)
33 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 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 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond · United States v. Batchelder · Dickerson v. New Banner Institute, Inc. · United States v. Batchelder · PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any conviction which has been expunged, or set aside or for which a person has been pardoned or has had civil rights restored shall not be considered a conviction for purposes of this chapter, unless such pardon, expungement, or restoration of civil rights expressly provides that the person may not ship, transport, possess, or receive firearms.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a new statute should apply to cases pending on the date of its enactment unless manifest injustice would result or there is a statutory directive or legislative history to the contrary.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“which applied to the defendant, making him guilty of the underlying offense. This court stated,[w]e agree with the government that section 109 applies to this case insofar as prosecutions under section 1202(a), the statute under which Kolter was convicted, are saved even though section 1202(a) has been repealed.... However, in enacting section 921(a)(20), [the definition 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.