Copeland v. Vance’s Empirical Analysis
893 F.3d 101 · 2018
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1715
Relies on United States v. Salerno · Grayned v. City of Rockford · Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. · Morissette v. United States · Kolender v. Lawson
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e think that someone previously convicted for carrying what is indisputably a gravity knife should be permitted to claim that the gravity knife law cannot lawfully be applied to a different knife that she intends to carry and that responds differently to the wrist-flick test.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“Plaintiffs seek, not a declaration that the statute cannot be applied to certain knives they wish to personally carry, but a declaration that the statute cannot constitutionally be applied to anyone carrying any knife in the very large 'common folding knife' category.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“any knife which has a blade which is released from the handle or sheath thereof by the force of gravity or the application of centrifugal force which, when released, is locked in place by means of a button, spring, lever or other device.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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