United States v. Murray’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Griffith v. Kentucky · Calderon v. Thompson · United States v. Hatter · United States v. Page
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a tiny subset of situations in which this court’s decision has been entered, but has not yet become final due to a pending petition for rehearing en banc or for certiorari.” Rather than being numerous, the court noted,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“fraud upon the court, clarification of an outstanding mandate, [or] correction of a clerical mistake.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Patterson v. Haskins“a nonexhaustive list of circumstances that are extraordinary enough to warrant a recall of a mandate”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Patterson v. Haskins
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.