127 Cited authorities

  1. Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Envtl. Servs. (TOC), Inc.

    528 U.S. 167 (2000)   Cited 7,162 times   25 Legal Analyses
    Holding that plaintiffs who curtailed their recreational activities on a river due to reasonable concerns about the effect of pollutant discharges into that river had standing
  2. District of Columbia et al. v. Heller

    554 U.S. 570 (2008)   Cited 3,486 times   50 Legal Analyses
    Holding it irrelevant to the constitutionality of D.C.'s "handgun" ban that the law allowed citizens the possession of substitutes, like "long guns"
  3. Roper v. Simmons

    543 U.S. 551 (2005)   Cited 3,502 times   38 Legal Analyses
    Holding "that the death penalty cannot be imposed upon juvenile offenders"
  4. McDonald v. City of Chicago

    561 U.S. 742 (2010)   Cited 2,291 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Second Amendment applies to the states, through incorporation under the Fourteenth Amendment
  5. Citizens United v. Fed. Election Comm'n

    558 U.S. 310 (2010)   Cited 1,591 times   72 Legal Analyses
    Holding that disclaimer and disclosure requirements are subject to exacting scrutiny
  6. Valley Forge College v. Americans United

    454 U.S. 464 (1982)   Cited 4,972 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the psychological consequence presumably produced by observation of conduct with which one disagrees ... is not an injury sufficient to confer standing under Art. III, even though the disagreement is phrased in constitutional terms"
  7. U.S. v. Stevens

    559 U.S. 460 (2010)   Cited 1,155 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding law unconstitutional under First Amendment where "impermissible applications ... far outnumber[ed] any permissible ones"
  8. Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey

    505 U.S. 833 (1992)   Cited 1,859 times   29 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a spousal notification provision was unconstitutional
  9. Lawrence v. Texas

    539 U.S. 558 (2003)   Cited 1,153 times   33 Legal Analyses
    Holding statute that criminalizes two persons of same sex engaging in intimate sexual conduct unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment
  10. Roe v. Wade

    410 U.S. 113 (1973)   Cited 4,089 times   26 Legal Analyses
    Holding that end of pregnancy did not moot the case because the plaintiff was capable of becoming pregnant again
  11. Section 924 - Penalties

    18 U.S.C. § 924   Cited 65,720 times   186 Legal Analyses
    Holding that conviction for eluding police, under Maine statute which provides that "[w]hoever, after being requested or signaled to stop, attempts to elude a law enforcement officer by driving a vehicle at a reckless rate of speed which results in a high-speed chase between the operator's vehicle and any law enforcement vehicle using a blue light and siren is guilty" of a felony-level crime, involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)
  12. Section 922 - Unlawful acts

    18 U.S.C. § 922   Cited 60,470 times   181 Legal Analyses
    Finding that "even before the sale of a firearm, the gun, its component parts, ammunition, and the raw materials from which they are made have considerably moved in interstate commerce"
  13. Section 2 - Principals

    18 U.S.C. § 2   Cited 23,800 times   57 Legal Analyses
    Holding aiders and abettors punishable as principals under federal criminal law
  14. Section 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States

    18 U.S.C. § 371   Cited 21,468 times   139 Legal Analyses
    Requiring proof of an "act to effect the object of the conspiracy"
  15. Section 921 - Definitions

    18 U.S.C. § 921   Cited 4,071 times   36 Legal Analyses
    Adopting this definition
  16. Section 8 - Powers of Congress

    U.S. Const. art. I, § 8   Cited 6,974 times   28 Legal Analyses
    Granting Congress the power to “provide for the common Defence,” to “regulate Commerce with foreign Nations,” and to “establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization”
  17. Section 923 - Licensing

    18 U.S.C. § 923   Cited 564 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Creating recordkeeping obligations
  18. Section 151.001 - Rights and Duties of Parent

    Tex. Fam. Code § 151.001   Cited 162 times
    Granting minor child's parents "the right to represent the child in legal action and to make other decisions of substantial legal significance concerning the child."
  19. Section 27 - Mortgage lending business defined

    18 U.S.C. § 27   Cited 57 times
    Defining "mortgage lending business"
  20. Section 101.003 - Child or Minor; Adult

    Tex. Fam. Code § 101.003   Cited 41 times
    Defining a child as someone under 18 years old who is not currently and has not ever been married
  21. Section 478.99 - Certain prohibited sales or deliveries

    27 C.F.R. § 478.99   Cited 32 times
    Transferring firearms to a person who indicated that he is prohibited from possessing firearms
  22. Section 478.124 - Firearms transaction record

    27 C.F.R. § 478.124   Cited 24 times
    Mandating that " licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer shall not sell or otherwise dispose, temporarily or permanently, of any firearm to any person, other than another licensee, unless the licensee records the transaction on a firearms transaction record, Form 4473"
  23. Section 478.96 - Out-of-State and mail order sales

    27 C.F.R. § 478.96   Cited 8 times

    (a) The provisions of this section shall apply when a firearm is purchased by or delivered to a person not otherwise prohibited by the Act from purchasing or receiving it. (b) A licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer may sell a firearm that is not subject to the provisions of §478.102(a) to a nonlicensee who does not appear in person at the licensee's business premises if the nonlicensee is a resident of the same State in which the licensee's business premises are located, and