Cooper v. City of Greenwood’s Empirical Analysis
904 F.2d 302 · 1990
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 8 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently May 2020 · most notably State v. Nunez (1999), United States v. Firearms (2003)
13 federal appellate · 8 district · 5 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. § 1202 · 18 U.S.C. § 3665 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 19 U.S.C. § 1618 (§ 618 of the Clean Air - Clean Jobs Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 801 (§ 101 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 26 U.S.C. § 5801 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968) · 26 U.S.C. § 5841 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968) · 26 U.S.C. § 5845 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968)
Relies on Rakas v. Illinois · Bibby v. United States · United States v. Jeffers · One 1958 Plymouth Sedan v. Pennsylvania · National Labor Relations Board v. International Longshoremen's Ass'n
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[O]ne cannot have a property right in that which is not subject to legal possession.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Concededly 18 U.S.C. § 3665 . . . provides for forfeiture of firearms used in perpetrating a felony as punishment for the offense. However, this provision can be invoked only if the indictment alleges the property subject to forfeiture and a judgment of criminal forfeiture is entered.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Concluding that ... firearms are not contraband per se, we hold that Cooper’s claimed ownership interest in the firearms survived his criminal conviction and could not be extinguished without according him due process.””
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.