United States v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently March 2004 · most notably United States v. Mahoney (2003), United States v. Jenkins (1988)
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 10 U.S.C. § 886
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Parker v. Gladden · United States v. Harper · United States v. Strangstalien · United States v. Conley
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.
“... there was no basis in the record of trial for the judge to rationally conclude that [the metabolite of marijuana] was not naturally produced by the accused’s body or as a result of some other substance consumed by him. [Citation omitted.] Accordingly, the record of trial does not support appellant’s conviction for the wrongful use of marijuana.”
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.