United States v. Staples’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The Government need not prove the defendant knows he’s dealing with a weapon possessing every last characteristic [which subjects it] 2 to the regulation. It would be enough to prove he knows that he is dealing with a dangerous device of a type as would alert one to the likelihood of regulation.” Tr. 465.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Staples v. United States · United States v. Corso

2. “the registration requirements of the National Firearms Act were passed pursuant to the taxing power”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States of America v. Roots · United States v. Roger Isaac Roots

3. “[a]s a result of section 922(o), compliance with section 5861 is impossible.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Ross