U.S. v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
921 F.3d 991 · 2019
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Terry v. Ohio · United States v. Leon · United States v. Cortez · Sibron v. State of New York Peters
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“entitled to 'take steps to assure' [themselves] that the ammunition in [Defendants'] pocket[s] would not be loaded into 'a weapon that could ... fatally be used against [them].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]e must apply Supreme Court precedent neither narrowly nor liberally——only faithfully.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[C]ommon sense and logic dictate that a bullet is often associated with a gun.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.