United States v. Dancy’s Empirical Analysis
861 F.2d 77 · 1988
Citation profile
59 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 106 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2022 · most notably Rehaif v. United States (2019), United States v. Weiland (2005)
59 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) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 7 U.S.C. § 2024 · 7 U.S.C. § 2204
Relies on Liparota v. United States · Federal Energy Administration v. Algonquin SNG, Inc. · Yamanis v. United States · Mark Trail Camp Grounds, Inc. v. Field Enterprises, Inc. · Good Hope Chemical Corp. Creditors' Committee v. Koerver
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 106 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It shall be unlawful for a person to steal or unlawfully take or carry away from the person or the premises of a person who is licensed to engage in the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in firearms, any firearm in the licensee’s business inventory that has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.”). 20 . See 18 U.S.C. § 922 (j) (”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“proof that the defendant knowingly received, transported, or possessed a firearm [and] ... the defendant's knowledge of the weapon's interstate nexus or of his felon status [is] irrelevant.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) The defendant was convicted of a felony; (2) Thereafter the defendant knowingly possessed a firearm; and (3) The defendant’s possession of the firearm was in or affecting commerce.”
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.