United States v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
18 F.3d 641 · 1994
Citation profile
53 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions — most recently July 2022 · most notably United States v. Jones (1995), United States v. Cruz (2002)
53 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Carnegie v. United States · Rosenberg v. Comerica Bank · Austin Products Co. v. Workers' Compensation Insurers Rating Association of Minnesota · Oklahoma v. New Mexico · Verderber v. Cantello Plumbing Corp.
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“knowledge of presence, plus control over the thing is constructive possession.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. United States v. Cruz · No. 98-3583“a fact finder could determine that it would be unreasonable for [the driver] to have had Johnson [the passenger] accompany him on a trip to Texas and, more importantly, place three kilograms of cocaine and two firearms in a bag containing Johnson's clothing unless Johnson knew about the cocaine.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“To establish the offense of possession with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), the government was required to establish that [Boyd] knowingly possessed cocaine with the intent to distribute it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. No. 98-3583
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.