United States v. McKnight’s Empirical Analysis
953 F.2d 898 · 1992
Citation profile
45 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 84 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably United States v. Shabazz (1993), United States v. Mergerson (1993)
45 federal appellate ·
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 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Leon · Brown v. Illinois · In re Kauffman Mutual Fund Actions · Harris v. McRae · Finch v. Connor
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 84 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The dominion and control associated with owning and living in a small, open house ... is utterly inconsistent with the legal conclusion that [the defendant] was 'merely present' in a house full of guns and drugs in its common areas....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The dominion and control associated with owning and living in a small, open house like McKnight's ... is utterly inconsistent with the legal conclusion that McKnight was 'merely present' in a house full of guns and drugs in its common areas (and a gun in the dresser used by McKnight).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“ ‘will not review a district court’s refusal to depart from the Guidelines, unless the refusal was in violation of the law.’ ”
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.