United States v. Mobley’s Empirical Analysis
956 F.2d 450 · 1992
Citation profile
92 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 121 later decisions — most recently October 2020 · most notably United States v. Grier (2007), United States v. Lambey (1992)
92 federal appellate · 3 district ·
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. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3661 (Drug and Alcohol Dependent Offenders Treatment Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 26 U.S.C. § 5861 (§ 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968)
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Ohio v. Roberts · Morissette v. United States · Williams v. People of State of New York
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 121 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he trade in guns is monitored for a reason. Registration and verification procedures are imposed largely to combat crime. It is no secret that a chain of custody for a firearm greatly assists in the difficult process of solving crimes. When a firearm is stolen, determining this chain is difficult.... Therefore, stolen ... firearms in the hands of people recognized as irresponsible pose great dangers, and the guideline here reflects this heightened danger.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the defendant knew or had reason to believe that a firearm was stolen or had an altered or obliterated serial number.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[w]here there is ambiguity in a criminal statute, doubts are resolved in favor of defendant.'”
2 later decisions 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.