Silveira v. Lockyer

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• describing the school of thought that limits the right to bear arms as conditioned on membership in a militia as the “limited individual rights” model
• discussing the concerns that led the First Congress to enact the Second Amendment
• “The Tennessee Supreme Court, in the most significant judicial decision to construe the term ‘bear arms’ ....”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ivan Pena v. Stephen Lindley
  Ninth Circuit· 2018-08-03· cited 37×
• Posey v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-02-23· cited 29×
• Seegars v. Ashcroft
  District of Columbia· 2004-01-14· cited 13×
• Bach v. Pataki
  N.D. New York· 2003-09-23· cited 9×
• Shandhini Raidoo v. Douglas B. Moylan
  Ninth Circuit· 2023-08-01· cited 3×

Cites

58 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-12· cited 24,791×
• Warth v. Seldin
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-25· cited 10,875×
• City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1985-07-01· cited 7,112×
• Adams v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-12· cited 5,118×
• Allen v. Wright
  Supreme Court· 1984-09-18· cited 4,763×
• Dandridge v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1970-04-20· cited 3,777×
• McGowan v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1961-05-29· cited 3,439×
• Shapiro v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1969-04-21· cited 3,119×
• United States v. Lopez
  Supreme Court· 1995-04-26· cited 3,052×
• Federal Communications Commission v. Beach Communications, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-01· cited 2,387×
• Heller v. Doe Ex Rel. Doe
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-24· cited 2,199×
• Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-25· cited 1,999×
• Whalen v. Roe
  Supreme Court· 1977-02-22· cited 1,722×
• Nordlinger v. Hahn
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-18· cited 1,649×
• United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell
  Supreme Court· 1947-02-10· cited 1,457×
• Romer v. Evans
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-03· cited 1,427×
• United States v. Cruikshank
  Supreme Court· 1876-03-27· cited 1,277×
• Zablocki v. Redhail
  Supreme Court· 1978-01-18· cited 1,224×
• Northeastern Florida Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America v. City of Jacksonville
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-14· cited 1,126×
• United States v. Menasche
  Supreme Court· 1955-04-04· cited 1,032×