United States v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
993 F.2d 402 · 1993
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently September 2017 · most notably United States v. King (1997), United States v. Hassan El (1993)
43 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
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
Relies on Taylor v. United States · American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. United States · Mayers v. United States · United States v. Lender · Crestar Bank v. Neal (In re Kitchin Equipment Co. of Virginia, 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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“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.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“conviction, or the unconditional discharge from a correctional institution, or termination of a suspended sentence, probation, or parole upon such conviction, whichever is later.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“that the lack of restoration of civil rights and the right to possess a firearm is not an element of the offense stated in Sec. 922(g).”
3 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.