United States v. Rumney’s Empirical Analysis
979 F.2d 265 · 1992
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond · Dickerson v. New Banner Institute, Inc. · Hayes v. Lockhart · In re Disbarment of Schaefer · Michigan Citizens for an Independent Press v. Thornburgh
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“one who violates the law should not escape sanction by the mere happenstance that the law was repealed after the criminal act was committed”
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.