United States v. Pierson’s Empirical Analysis
121 F.3d 560 · 1997
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 843 (§ 403 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Koon v. United States · United States v. Carey · United States v. Dickey · United States v. Morales · United States v. Harrison-Philpot
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“participation in the cocaine distribution scheme required substantial planning and involved hundreds of overt acts spanning a period of at least eight months”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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