Davis v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
972 F.2d 227 · 1992
Citation profile
23 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 1 U.S.C. § 109 · 18 U.S.C. § 921 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. United States · Lewis v. United States · Dickerson v. New Banner Institute, Inc. · Halas v. Department of Energy · Cablevision Co. v. Motion Picture Ass'n of America, Inc.
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“any person ... who has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“any person who ... has been convicted by a court of the United States or of a State or any political subdivision thereof of a felony”
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.