Worman v. Healey’s Empirical Analysis
922 F.3d 26 · 2019
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on District of Columbia v. Heller · Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · McDonald v. City of Chicago · Clark v. Jeter · United States v. Miller
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.
“[a] well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]hese guns are not made for recreation or self-defense. They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Capen v. Campbell“elevates above all other interests the right of law-abiding, responsible citizens to use arms in defense of hearth and home.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Capen v. Campbell
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.