United States v. Ramirez’s Empirical Analysis
176 F.3d 1179 · 1999
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 63 later decisions — most recently February 2024 · most notably United States v. Hankey (2000), United States v. Murillo (2001)
35 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. § 2 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 952 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · United States v. Bishop · United States v. Penagos · United States v. Cordoba · United States v. Normandeau
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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“mere knowledge of the presence of contraband, without evidence suggesting a passenger's dominion or control of the contraband, is insufficient to prove possession”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Evidentiary rulings will be reversed for abuse of discretion only if such nonconstitutional error more likely than not affected the verdict.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“We will reverse for abuse of discretion only if such nonconstitutional error more likely than not affected the verdict.”
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.