United States v. Self’s Empirical Analysis
2 F.3d 1071 · 1993
Citation profile
41 federal appellate · 8 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently June 2025 · most notably United States v. Tomblin (1995), United States v. Hansen (2001)
41 federal appellate · 8 district · 4 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. § 1001 (Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990) · 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 2385 · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 33 U.S.C. § 1317 · 42 U.S.C. § 6903
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · Pinkerton v. United States · Zant v. Stephens · McNally v. United States
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[C]redibility determinations are properly within the jury's province.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The government admits no drum samples were taken, but relies on Baytank records, and testimony as to its practices at the times charged, to show that the drums were used to store the ‘slops’ or residue of hazardous chemicals that had been extracted either for sampling or fine cleaning purposes. We agree that these documents, including drum inventories, a hazardous waste log, and internal memoranda, as well as the testimony at trial, all amply demonstrate that many of these drums containing hazardous wastes were stored for longer than 90 days.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“.. a solid waste, or combination of solid wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness ... or pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, or otherwise managed.”
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.