YANEZ’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
19 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 16 · 18 U.S.C. § 3559 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 801 (§ 101 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 802 (§ 102 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 812 (§ 202 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 844 (§ 404 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 851 (§ 411 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Almendarez-Torres v. United States · Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of United States Inc v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Consumer Alert · Taylor v. United States · Landgraf v. USI Film Products
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]n those circuits that have spoken, the determination whether a state drug conviction constitutes a ‘drug trafficking crime’ under § 924(c)(2), and therefore an aggravated felony under section 101(a)(43)(B) of the Act, shall be made by reference to applicable circuit law, and not by reference to any legal standard articulated by this Board.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lopez v. Gonzales“we need not now be concerned with how the Seventh Circuit would resolve potential issues arising by virtue of a particular state's felony/misdemeanor classification system”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“because the meaning of the phrase `drug trafficking crime' in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(2) is a matter of federal criminal law,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. Gonzales
How this case has been treated — in progress
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