United States v. Russell’s Empirical Analysis
134 F.3d 171 · 1998
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 68 later decisions — most recently August 2025 · most notably United States v. Gibbs (1999), Pivirotto v. Innovative Systems, Inc. (1999)
37 federal appellate · 2 district · 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. § 3231 · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 848 (§ 408 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 853 (§ 413 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · United States v. Olano · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Johnson v. United States · United States v. Young
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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he crux of Rule 30 is that the district court be given notice of potential errors in the jury instructions, not that a party be 'required to adhere to any formalities of language and style to preserve his objection on the record.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“objection must be specific enough not only to put the judge on notice that there is in fact an objection, but to serve notice as to the underlying basis for the objection.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“No party may assign as error any portion of the charge or omission therefrom unless the party objects thereto before the jury retires to consider its verdict, stating distinctly the matter to which the party objects and the grounds of the objection.”
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.