Bell v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
970 F.2d 428 · 1992
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently March 2023
10 federal appellate · 1 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. § 921 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. United States · Mahan & Rowsey, Inc. v. Oklahoma Natural Gas · Pelaes v. United States · Halas v. Department of Energy · Kirshner v. Uniden Corp. of America
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“What constitutes a conviction ... shall be determined in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction in which the proceedings were held. Any conviction which has been expunged, or set aside or for which a person has been pardoned or has had civil rights restored shall not be considered a conviction for purposes of this chapter, unless such pardon, expungement, or restoration of civil rights expressly provides that the person may not ship, transport, possess, or receive firearms.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the [Ninth Circuit] did not hold the section 921(a)(20) definition of conviction inapplicable because Brebner's 1976 and 1977 state convictions occurred prior to its effective date,”
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.