United States v. Purvis’s Empirical Analysis
21 F.3d 1128 · 1994
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Sullivan v. Louisiana · Victor v. Nebraska · United States v. Washington · United States v. Merlos · United States v. Loriano
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in light of the surrounding circumstances, [it is] sufficient to provide the district court with some indicia of the potential defects in the instruction”
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.