United States v. Pico’s Empirical Analysis
2 F.3d 472 · 1993
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 952 · 21 U.S.C. § 960 · 21 U.S.C. § 963
Relies on Pinkerton v. United States · Penson v. Ohio · Carolco Television Inc. v. National Broadcasting Co. · Gregory v. Frontier Materials, Inc. · Chitwood v. McLemore
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.
“has broad discretion to consider all relevant information,”
2 later decisions 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.