United States v. Wallace’s Empirical Analysis
889 F.2d 580 · 1989
Citation profile
53 federal appellate · 4 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 81 later decisions — most recently June 2023 · most notably United States v. King (1993), United States v. Alvarez (1992)
53 federal appellate · 4 district · 8 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. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Wong Sun v. United States · Arizona v. Hicks · Lord Electric Co. v. United States · Illinois v. Vitale
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 81 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(g) It shall be unlawful for any person— (1) Who has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year; to ship or transport in interstate or foreign commerce, or possess in or affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition; or to receive any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“violation of the double jeopardy clause ... because one of his three prior felony convictions was 'used' twice--once to bring him within the scope of the substantive offense ... and again to bring him within the scope of the sentence enhancement provision”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[S]ection 922(g) reaches ... those firearms that traveled in interstate or foreign 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.