United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
174 F.3d 52 · 1999
Citation profile
17 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently February 2014 · most notably United States v. Wood (2004), United States v. Vasquez (2004)
17 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) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Zagari · United States v. Shonubi · United States v. Flanagan · United States v. Wilson · United States v. Ivester
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the undisputed facts reveal that three handguns, assorted ammunition, six grams of cocaine base, a scale and a razor blade all were found in Damon [Smith's] bedroom.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“whether [Smith] should have received a two-level enhancement pursuant to section 2D1.1(b)(1)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“willfully chose not to speak with any investigatory body so as not to implicate his brother”
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.