United States v. Hernandez’s Empirical Analysis
13 F.3d 248 · 1994
Citation profile
47 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 59 later decisions — most recently March 2016 · most notably United States of America v. Clarence Richardson Jr (2000), United States v. Crenshaw (2004)
47 federal appellate ·
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 Jackson v. Virginia · Fussell v. Price · Pauley v. Beth-Energy Mines, Inc. · McCarty Ranch Trust v. Craig · Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ v. Federal Communications Commission
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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it must have been either physically impossible for the witness to observe that which he or she claims occurred, or impossible under the laws of nature for the occurrence to have taken place at all.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Constructive possession is established when the evidence sufficiently demonstrates ownership, dominion, or control”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The exercise of control need not be exclusive to support a finding of possession.”
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.