United States v. Clemis’s Empirical Analysis
11 F.3d 597 · 1993
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 83 later decisions — most recently May 2025 · most notably United States v. Layne (1999), United States v. Riascos-Suarez (1996)
35 federal appellate · 13 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. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Needler v. Valley National Bank of Arizona · Brewster v. Derwinski · Associated Grocers, Inc. v. Washington · Halas v. Department of Energy
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 83 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Constructive possession exists when a person does not have actual possession but instead knowingly has the power and the intention at a given time to exercise dominion and control over an object, either directly or through others.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It follows that constructive possession also exists when the person has dominion over the premises where the firearm is located.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”
2 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.