United States v. Guerra’s Empirical Analysis
113 F.3d 809 · 1997
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently December 2023 · most notably United States v. Beckman (2000), United States of America v. Brian K. Thompson (2000)
31 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Olano · Berger v. United States · Bourjaily v. United States · California v. ARC America Corp. · Fertel-Rust v. Dane County Social Services
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) that a conspiracy existed; (2) that the defendant and the declarant were members of the conspiracy; and (3) that the declaration was made during the course and in furtherance of the conspiracy.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'prejudicially affected the defendant's substantial rights so as to deprive the defendant of a fair trial.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“organizer or leader of a criminal activity that involved five or more participants”
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.