United States v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
13 F.3d 100 · 1993
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently April 2016
10 federal appellate · 1 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. § 1385 · 18 U.S.C. § 3061 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 39 U.S.C. § 404
Relies on United States v. Russell · United States v. Caceres · United States v. Bayerle · United States v. Santana · United States v. Wolffs
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(b) Limitations. The powers granted by paragraph (a) of this section shall be exercised only— (1) In the enforcement of laws regarding property in the custody of the Postal Service, property of the Postal Service, the use of the mails, and other postal offenses. With the exception of enforcing laws related to the mails: (1) The Office of Inspector General will investigate all allegations of violations of postal laws or misconduct by postal employees, including mail theft; and (ii) The Inspection Service will investigate all allegations of violations of postal laws or misconduct by all other persons. (2) To the extent authorized by the Attorney General pursuant to agreement between the Attorney General and the Postal Service, in the enforcement of other laws of the United States, if the Attorney General determines that the violation of such laws will have a detrimental effect upon the operations of the Postal Service.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Postal Inspectors have the authority to serve warrants, make arrests, and seize property under 18 U.S.C. § 3061 (a) ‘only in the enforcement of laws regarding property in the custody of the Postal Service, property of the Postal Service, the use of the mails, and other postal offenses'”
1 later decision 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.