Citations and Amicus Briefs of Kopel 

State Courts

California

Kasler v. Lockyer, 23 Cal.4th 472, 510, 97 Cal.Rptr.2d 334, 360 (Cal. 2000). Concurring opinion by Justice Janice Rogers Brown.

Kasler v. Lungren, 72 Cal.Rptr.2d 260, 265 (Cal. App. 1998).  Majority opinion by Associate Justice Morrison.

Hawaii

State v. Mendoza, 82 Hawai'i 143, 146 n.4, 920 P.2d 357, 360 n.4 (Haw. 1996). Majority opinion by Justice Klein.

Oregon

Oregon v. Hirsch, 338 Or. 622, 657, 114 P.3d 1104, 1123 (Ore. 2005). Section III.B.3.c. Unanimous opinion by Justice Durham.

Rhode Island

Mosby v. Devine, 851 A.2d 1031, 1040 (R.I. 2004). Majority opinion by Chief Justice Williams.

Washington

State v. Schelin,147 Wash.2d 562, 588, 5 P.3d 632, 645 (Wash. 2002). Justice Sanders, dissenting.

Wisconsin

Wisconsin v. Fischer, 714 N.W.2d 495 , 511 n. 6 (Wisc., May 17, 2006). Dissenting opinion of Justice N. Patrick Crooks.

State v. Hamdan, 264 Wis.2d 433, 467 n. 23, 665 N.W.2d 785, 802 n. 23 (Wisc. 2003). Majority opinion by Justice David T. Prosser.

Wyoming

Pagel v. Franscell, 57 P.3d 1226, 1234, 1 Media L. Rep. 1923 (2002). Supreme Court of Wyoming. Justice Golden, specially concurring.

Federal Courts

United States Supreme Court

District of Columbia v. Heller. 554 U.S.-- (2008). Kopel's brief for the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA) and other law enforcement organizations is cited four times in Justice Breyer's dissent, examining the pro/con social science on gun ownership.

9th Circuit Court of Appeals

Silveira v. Lockyer, 328 F.3d 567, 585 n. 92 (9th Cir. 2003). Opinion by Judge Kleinfeld, joined by Judges Kozinski, O'Scannlain, and T.G. Nelson, dissenting from denial of petition for rehearing en banc.

10th Circuit Court of Appeals

United States v. McElhiney, 275 F.3d 928, 935 n.2 (10th Cir. 2001). Opinion by Judge Henry, joined by Judges Kelly and Holloway.

Southern District of New York

United States v. Vargas, 885 F.Supp. 504, 505 n. 1 (S.D.N.Y. 1995), Vincent Broderick, District Judge. An Appendix to the opinion reprints Judge Broderick's article FLEXIBLE SENTENCING AND THE VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL ACT OF 1994 from  Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 7, No. 3, November/December 1994 at pages 128-131. Kopel is cited at note 1.

Out of court statement by Judges

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Justice William Pryor previously served as Attorney General for the State of Alabama. As Attorney General, he contributed the following jacket quote for Kopel's book Antitrust after Microsoft: "Against the backdrop of the Microsoft case and the volatile marketplace in the information-technology age, David Kopel brilliantly and concisely makes the case for putting consumers first by burying antitrust doctrines of monopoly power, tying arrangements, and predatory pricing." 

West Virginia Supreme Court

Jacket text for Kopel's book Guns: Who Should Have Them? "Whether you're an advocate or an opponent of gun control, this engaging, thoroughly-research book presents innovative solutions to one of America's pressing social problems." Richard Neeley, retired Chief Justice, Supreme Court of West Virginia.

Law Reviews

Kopel has been cited in 484 law review articles, and in 233 different law journals. He has been cited by the main law journal at all of the 50 top law schools. (Based on U.S. News & World Report ranking; citations counted on 8/13/2008).

Below is a list of law reviews where Kopel has  have been cited. It includes all journals in Westlaw’s JLR-PRO database. This includes some faculty-edited law journals (such as the Journal on Law and Economics), and also several practitioners journals which produce footnoted, scholarly articles, but which are not published by law schools. In the list below, most journals are cited in the simplest format (e.g., “Kentucky” rather than “University of Kentucky Law Review.”)

Akron, Alabama, American, American Bankruptcy Law Journal, American Criminal L. Rev., American J. of Criminal Law (from Univ. of Texas), American J. of Gender, Social Policy & the Law, American U. Intl. L. Rev., Annual Survey of American Law, Army Lawyer, Arizona, Arizona J. of International and Comparative L., Arizona State, Army Lawyer.

Baltimore, Barry, Boston College, Boston College Environmental Affairs, Boston College Third World Law, Boston Univ., Brooklyn, Buffalo, BYU, BYU Education. & L.J., BYU J. Public Law.

California (Berkeley), Capital, Cardozo, Cardozo Arts and Entertainment, Cardozo J. of Conflict Resolution, Case Western, Catholic, Cato Supreme Court Rev., Champion  (National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Chapman, Chicago, Chicago-Kent, Cincinnati, Cleveland State, Colorado, Colorado Lawyer (Colorado Bar Association), Columbia, Columbia J. Envtl. L., Columbia J. of Gender and Law, Columbia J. of Transnational L., Connecticut, Constitutional Commentary (faculty-edited, from Univ. of Minn.), Cornell, Cumberland.

Davis (Univ. of Cal.) , Davis J. International L. & Pol., Dayton, Defense Counsel Journal, Denver, Denver J. of Intl. Law & Pol., DePaul Law Review , DePaul-LCA Journal of Art and Entertainment L., Detroit-Mercy, District of Columbia Law Review, Duke, Duquesne.

Ecology L.Q., Education L. Rep., Emory, Environmental Law.

Federal Lawyer, Florida, Florida J. of Law & Public Policy, Florida State, Fordham, Fordham Intellectual Property Media & Entertainment LJ, Fordham Urban LJ.s

George Mason, George Mason U. Civil Rights L.J., George Washington, Georgetown, Georgia, Georgia J. of Intl. & Comp. L., Gonzaga.

Hamline, Hamline J. of Law & Pub. Pol.; Harvard, Harvard J. of Law & Gender, Harvard J. of Law & Public Pol., Harvard J. on Legislation, Hastings, Hastings Business LJ, Hastings Constitutional LQ,  Hawaii, Houston, Houston J. of Health L. & Policy, Howard.

Idaho, Illinois, ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law, Indiana, Indiana Health L. Rev., Indiana J. of Global Legal Studies, International Rev. of Law and Economics, Iowa.

Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development L., Journal of Air Law & Commerce, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (from Northwestern), Journal of Food L. & Policy (Arkansas), Journal of High Technology Law, Journal of the Institute of Justice and International Studies, Journal of Law & Economics (faculty-edited, from U. of Chicago), Journal of Law, Economics & Policy, Journal of Law & Policy, Journal of Legal Education, Journal of Legal Studies, Journal of Technology Law & Policy.

Kansas, Kansas J. of Law & Public Policy, Kentucky.

Law & Contemporary Problems, Law & History Rev., Law and Society Rev., Law Library Journal, Loyola, Loyola Consumer Law Review, Loyola of Los Angeles, Loyola Univ. of Chicago.

Marquette Sports Law, Maryland, McGeorge, Medicine & Law, Memphis, Mercer, Miami, Miami International & Comparative, Michigan, Michigan J. Gender & L., Michigan J. of Law Reform, Michigan State, Military L. Rev., Minnesota, Missouri, Montana.

New England J. on Civil & Criminal Confinement, New England L. Rev., New Mexico, Nevada, New York International L. Rev., New York Law Sch. J. of Human Rights, New York L.S. J. of Intl. & Comp. L., Nexus, North Carolina, Northern Kentucky, NYU, NYU J. of L. & Liberty, NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Nova.

Ohio State, Oklahoma City Univ., Oklahoma, Oregon.

Pace, Penn State, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania J. of Constitutional Law, Penn State; Pepperdine, Public Law, Puget Sound.

Quinnipiac.

Review of Litigation, Roger Williams, Rutgers L.J., Rutgers J. of L. & Public Policy, Rutgers L. Rev.

San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Santa Clara, Seattle Journal for Social Justice,  Seton Hall Constitutional L.J., Seton Hall. J. Sports & Entertainment L., Seton Hall Legislative J., South Carolina, South Dakota, South Texas, Southern California, Southern Cal. Interdisciplinary L.J.; Southern Illinois, Southern U. L.R., St. John’s, St. John’s Journal of Legal Commentary, St. Louis University Public Law Review, St. Mary's L.J., Stanford, Stanford L & Policy; Stanford Technology, Southwestern, Suffolk.

Temple, Tennessee, Texas, Texas J. on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights, Texas Rev. of Law & Politics, Texas Tech, Thomas M. Cooley, Thomas M. Cooley Journal of Practical and Clinical L., Thomas Jefferson, Toledo, Tulane, Tulsa.

UCLA, UCLA J. of International Law & Foreign Affairs, UCLA Entertainment L. Rev., UMKC, Utah.

Valparaiso, Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt J. of Transnational L., Villanova, Virginia, Virginia J. of Social Policy & the Law, Virginia Tax Rev.

Wake Forest, Washington U., Washington U. J. of Law & Policy, Washington & Lee, West Virginia, Western New England L.Rev., Whittier, William & Mary, William & Mary Bill of Rights J., William Mitchell Law Review,  Wisconsin Law Review, Women's Rights Law Reporter

Yale, Yale J. of International Law, Yale J. of Law & the Humanities, Yale Law & Policy.

Other Journals (partial list)

American Behavioral Scientist, The American Review of Public Administration, The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Communications and the Law, Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, The Future of Children, Human Security Journal/Revue de Sécurité Humaine, Journal of Public Health Policy, Journal of Peace Research, Medical Sentinel, Men and Masculinities, Public Administration Review, Social Theory and Practice, Sociological Review, Theological Studies.

Amicus Briefs

United States Supreme Court

Independence Institute amicus brief in the Supreme Court case of Wisconsin Right to Life v. Federal Election Commission. Supreme Court opinion.

Unanimous Supreme Court rules: No "firearms exception" to the Fourth Amendment. Read the amicus brief filed by the Independence Institute and the National Rifle Association, in one of the strongest Fourth Amendment victories before the Supreme Court in years! The html version of the brief also contains links to the full text of the Supreme Court decision, and to Legal Times articles about the case which quotes Kopel.

Federal Courts of Appeal

In the case of Newsom v. Albermarle, a middle school threatened to punish a student for wearing an NRA shooting sports camp t-shirt. Independence Institute amicus brief for the Fourth Circuit Court of appeals argues that shooting sports are wholesome and promote good character, and that speech promoting shooting sports cannot rationally be censored in a public school. The Fourth Circuit ruled in favor of the student. Newsom Wins One. A First and Second victory. National Review Online. Jan. 8, 2004. Fourth Circuit rules that school cannot prohibit student from wearing NRA Shooting Sports Camp t-shirt. 354 F.3d 249, 184 Ed. Law Rep. 24, 4th Cir. (Va.), Dec 01, 2003.

Independence Institute amicus brief in United States v. Emerson. 270 F.3d 203, 5th Cir.(Tex.), Oct 16, 2001